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    Festuca Ovina Glauca

    Festuca Ovina Glauca

    Blue Fescue

    $15.00
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    Festuca glauca, commonly known as Blue Fescue, is one of those plants that quietly makes everything around it look better. This compact ornamental grass forms tidy spiky clumps of icy blue foliage that add year-round colour, texture and contrast to the garden without needing much fuss at all.

    Blue Fescue is especially good for edging, gravel gardens, modern landscapes and mass planting where you want structure without bulky growth. It also works brilliantly in pots and mixed borders, pairing nicely with flowering perennials, natives and drought-tolerant planting schemes.

    In Canterbury gardens, Festuca glauca handles dry summers, wind and frosts surprisingly well once established. It thrives in sunny, free-draining spots and generally prefers a bit of neglect over too much pampering.

    A proper low-maintenance plant for people who like their gardens looking sharp without spending every weekend trimming things.

    Best Uses

    • Border edging
    • Gravel gardens
    • Mass planting
    • Modern landscapes
    • Pots and containers
    • Rock gardens
    • Dry gardens
    • Texture planting
    • Low-maintenance gardens

     

    • Expected 5 Year Height 0.3 M Width 0.4 M

    Is Festuca Ovina Glauca suitable for my garden?

    Festuca Ovina Glauca is best suited in a position that gets

    • Full sun
    • Partial shade

    Festuca Ovina Glauca is

    • Evergreen
    • Drought resistant
    • Frost Tolerant
    • Wind Tolerant
    • Perennial

    Festuca Ovina Glauca will thrive in soil that is

    • Sandy
    • Free draining
    • Normal

    How to establish your Festuca Ovina Glauca?

    Position

    Plant Blue Fescue in full sun for the strongest blue foliage colour and best compact growth.

    Soil

    Prefers free-draining soil and dislikes wet feet through winter. Excellent for gravel gardens and drier areas.

    Watering

    Water regularly while establishing. Once settled in, Festuca glauca is very drought tolerant and usually needs very little extra watering.

    Feeding

    Generally doesn’t need much feeding. Too much fertiliser can actually reduce the intense blue colouring and make plants floppy.

    Spacing

    Allow around 30–40cm between plants when mass planting for a tidy, full effect.

    Wind & Frost

    Handles Canterbury frosts and exposed conditions well once established.

    How to maintain your Festuca Ovina Glauca once established?

    Very low maintenance overall. Simply remove any dead foliage by lightly combing through the plant or trimming back untidy growth in late winter or early spring.

    Older clumps can be divided every few years if they become tired or messy in the centre.

    Thankfully, this is not one of those grasses that takes over your entire garden while you are not looking.
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