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Blue Fescue

Festuca longifolia

Blue Fescue
Photo: Jean.claude, CC BY-SA 3.0

Blue fescue (Festuca longifolia) is a tufted perennial ornamental grass with silvery-blue, fine foliage, native to parts of western Europe, grown for its compact clumps. It thrives in full sun and free-draining soil and dislikes wet, heavy conditions.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; overwatering causes rot.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
Hardy to about -20 °C; tolerates cool temperate conditions well.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Great Britain (E. England), N. & NC. France
Climate
temperate

About

Festuca longifolia, known in Britain and Ireland as blue fescue, is a species of grass which is native to Channel Islands and Southern Devon. It was described by Auquier in 1977.

Other Festuca plants

Festuca floribunda · Festuca abyssinica · Banks Peninsula Blue Tussock · Festuca alatavica · Festuca aloha · Festuca alpina · Altai fescue · Wood Fescue · Amethyst Fescue · Festuca ampla · Festuca amplissima · Festuca argentina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Festuca longifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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