Festuca glauca |Elijah Blue| (Blue Fescue)

Blue Fescue 'Elijah Blue', Festuca Ovina glauca 'Elijah Blue', Festuca Ovina glauca 'Elija-blue'

One of the best and most colorful of all Blue Fescue varieties and easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. 

Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' is a wonderful dwarf ornamental grass, mostly grown for its superb, evergreen, bright silver-blue foliage in full sun.

Blue Fescue adds a superb color accent to the landscape all year around.

• Blue Fescue is drought tolerant, once established, and requires low maintenance and low watering.
• Native to southern France, it thrives in full sun, in poor, moderately fertile, well-drained soils. 
• Blue Fescue is noted as the most tolerant of hot, humid summers.
• Deer resistant!
• A great candidate for borders, edging, in mass planting as a ground cover, rock gardens, cottage gardens, city gardens or containers.
• Short-lived, Blue Fescue tends to die out in the center after 2-4 years. To extend its life, shearing your plant in late winter

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Requirement
Hardiness	4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Heat Zones	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Climate Zones	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Plant Type	Ornamental Grasses
Plant Family	Fescue
Exposure	Full Sun
Season of Interest	Spring, Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Mid Summer, Late Summer
Height	8' - 9'
Spread	8' - 9'
Water Needs	Low
Maintenance	Low
Soil Type	Chalk, Loam, Sand
Characteristics	Deer Tolerant, Drought Tolerant, Dry Soil Tolerant, Rocky Soil Tolerant
Garden Styles	City and Courtyard, Gravel and Rock Garden, Informal and Cottage, Mediterranean Garden
Planting Place	Beds and Borders, Edging, Patio and Containers