Festuca glauca

Common Name: Blue Fescue

Description:
Festuca glauca, commonly known as Blue Fescue, is a hardy, evergreen ornamental grass prized for its striking silvery-blue, fine-textured foliage. This compact, clumping grass forms neat, rounded tufts that provide year-round structure and contrast in garden beds, borders, and pots. In late spring to summer, it produces delicate, airy flower spikes that emerge green and mature to a soft golden hue. Thriving in Melbourne’s climate, Blue Fescue prefers full sun, well-drained soil, and is highly drought-tolerant once established. Regular trimming helps maintain its vibrant blue colour and tidy form.

Form:

• Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding
• Ground Cover

Mature Size:

• Height: 20-30cm
• Width: 30-40cm

Aspect:

• Full Sun
• Part Shade

Flowering:

• Flowers in Late Spring
• Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:

• Green (maturing to Golden Tan)

Key Attributes:

• Suitable for Pots
• Perennial
• Drought Tolerant
• Frost Tolerant
• Low Maintenance
• Fast-growing

Toxicity:

• Non-toxic to humans and pets

Companion Plants:

• Lavandula (Lavender)
• Salvia (Salvia spp.)
• Echinacea (Echinacea spp.)
• Agapanthus (Agapanthus spp.)
• Sedum (Sedum spp.)