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Festuca glauca ‘Intense Blue’
Blue Fescue
Festuca glauca ‘Intense Blue’ forms compact clumps of striking icy-blue foliage, providing year-round colour and texture. It produces delicate flower spikes in early summer and thrives in well-drained soils.
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Origin: Central Europe
Genus: Festuca
Species / Cultivar: glauca Intense Blue
Common Name: Blue Fescue
Plant Biography
Native to grasslands and rocky sites across Western and Central Europe, Festuca glauca was first identified in natural habitats renowned for their tough climatic conditions. The horticultural variety ‘Intense Blue’ was developed for its especially vivid foliage colour and tidy compactness.
Soil: Well drained
Soil that does not show much signs of moisture, either visibly or when handled.
Situation: Full Sun to Part Shade
Enjoys direct sun most of the day, but tolerant of fewer sunlit hours or light dappling.
Eventual Height: .30m
The plant's ultimate height in typical growing conditions.
Eventual Spread: .20m
The plant's ultimate spread in typical growing conditions.
Hardiness: Hardy
Survives unprotected in an average winter. May need protection in extreme long frosts.
Habit: Evergreen
Always in leaf throughout the year. It won't lose all its leaves at any one time.
Lifecycle: Perennial
This plant is persistant and does not die off after flowering. It will return each season indefinitely, if provided with suitable growing conditions.
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