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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 1mm wide; flowers dense, shortly branched panicles of spikelets early to midsummer.

Habit:
Dense, Spreading, Stiffly upright
Form:
Mounded
Texture:
Fine
Mature Height:
0.2 - 0.4m
Mature Spread:
0.6 - 1.0m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Europe
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate, Low
Landscape Uses:
Accent plant, Container planting, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include F. ‘Golden Toupee'.

Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Grass-like
Arrangement:
Alternate, Basal
Texture/Venation:
Parallel venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Colour in Summer:
Bluish, cv. 'Golden Toupee' has golden-green leaves and tan flowers, a much smaller plant than the species ( to15-20cm high) cv. 'Pepindale Blue' is similiar to the species but with intense blue foliage
Colour in Fall:
Bluish
Shapes:
Filiform, Linear
Apices:
Attenuate
Bases:
Sheathing
Margins:
Entire
Additional Info:
9 major veins

Inflorescence Type:
Spikelet, Floriferous
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
0
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet (blue-green with yellow anthers)
Flower Scent:
None
Flower Time at Peak:
Jun, Jul, Aug

Fruit Type:
Grain (caryopsis)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Sep, Oct

Bark or Stem Colour:
Propagation:
Seed, Division - below ground parts
Pest Susceptibility:
Anthracnose, Rust (Deer resistant, Drought tolerant)

Course(s):
  • HORT 1155
  • Level 3 Apprenticeship
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
  • (GAZW)  GAZebo West : q.3 clumps
  • (GRB)  GRass Bed
  • (MCC)  Main Campus Courtyard
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