School of Horticulture
Plant Database
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Scientific Name: | Festuca glauca |
Pronunciation: | fess-TEW-kuh GLAW-kuh |
Common Name: | blue fescue, blue sheep fescue |
Family Name: | Poaceae |
Plant Type: | Poales (grass-like) |
Key ID Features: | Small, tufted mounds; leaves blue-green, smooth, tightly in-rolled (almost needle-like) and erect or slightly arching, evergreen, about 1 mm wide; flowers dense, shortly branched panicles of spikelets early to midsummer. |
Course(s): | HORT 1155, Level 2 Apprenticeship |
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Propagation: | Seed, Division - below ground parts |
Pest Susceptibility: | Deer resistant, Drought resistant, Anthracnose, Rust |
Location(s): (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend (BCW) Boulevard (Circular) Westend : cv. Boarder Blue, on green wall (BKW) Boulevard Kwantlen Way (BUG) BUG garden (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZN) GAZebo North (GRB) GRass Bed (MCC) Main Campus Courtyard Location Map |