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Festuca glauca

  • Deciduous grass, silvery-grey leaves
  • Small and slow growing, ideal for pots.
  • Small green then straw-coloured flowers in late spring.
  • Great for the front of the border & rockeries
  • Grows upright in full sun
  • To under 40 x 40cm
Choose a size

Pot sizes are measured by their volume in litres, except for the smallest size, 9cm / p9 pots, which are roughly half a litre. P9s benefit from extra care in their first year.

P9 (9cm Pot)
Potted
£7.98each
Qty
1-5
6 +
£
£ 7.98
£ 6.96
2 Litre
Potted
£11.98each
Qty
1-5
6 +
£
£ 11.98
£ 10.98

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Description

Festuca glauca, Blue Fescue Grass - 2-Litre Pot-Grown Plants

Also known as Blue Ice Grass, this decorative and compact variety has a spiky tussock of narrow, glaucous blue foliage. In full sun, the stiff grey-green leaves appear frosted with silver. Ideal for pots and the front of borders, the foliage reaches under 40cm, with (occasional) upright narrow flower stalks reaching slightly above that.

Browse all of our other grasses, or perennial plants.

Features

  • Deciduous grass, silvery-grey leaves
  • Small and slow growing, ideal for pots.
  • Small green then straw-coloured flowers in late spring.
  • Great for the front of the border & rockeries
  • Colours best in full sun
  • To under 40 x 40cm

Growing Fescue

Grasses, especially small ones like this, are tough and with a little help will establish almost anywhere there is some soil, so be brave with them as rockery features. Their favourite soil is fertile and well drained. Full sun and dry conditions bring out the best blue-ish leaf colour; too much moisture will make them greener. Comb out dead foliage with your fingers in spring.

In Your Garden Design

This feisty little chap, with a shock of striking silvery blue foliage, will stand out in a gravel garden, alongside other dry lovers, such as Aubretia, cistus, sedum and alliums. Great for pots too, where it looks like an unruly head of hair.

Did You Know?

Wild fescue is also called sheep grass because it puts out new growth early and tolerates drought well, so when a dry spring hits it's a hungry sheep's best friend.

What to expect

It's Spring Planting Season 2025

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From seedlings in jumbo plugs; Dahlia tubers; small P9 & 1 Litre plants; up to trees in big 15L pots
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Spring is perfect planting time

Roots love the warm soil; the plant has time to settle in before mid-Summer heat
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