The steely-blue foliage of Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' adds form and texture to the border all year round. This attractive grass grows in dense tufts, and when planted en masse it creates an impression of softness. A useful architectural plant, this Fescue is at home in a dry, sunny spot and will do well mixed with herbaceous perennials, bedding plants or in rockeries or gravel gardens. It is robust and easy to grow. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 25cm (10).
With its stiff, arching yet compact foliage and conveniently tidy growing habit, the Blue Fescue is an ornamental grass that won't leave you feeling blue! When grown in the sun its evergreen foliage is a beautiful silvery-blue colour, while its spiky, midsummer flowers have a green tint. Festuca glauca plants are easy to grow, forming neat clumps which rarely need maintaining. This grass looks great in rockeries and gravel gardens and the hardy perennial can also be grown alongside complementary Mediterranean-style plants in borders and containers.
With the popularity of ornamental grasses on the rise in recent years, they have quickly become a must-have for every garden. With so many exciting varieties in different sizes and colours, why not start a collection? Festuca 'Sunrise' is a wonderful, compact grass that grows into a mound of blue-green, arching foliage. In late summer deep orange flowering stems rise above the leaves, moving beautifully in the breeze. Then, as autumn arrives, the ends of the leaves turn to a warm shade of copper. An exceptionally attractive little grass, 'Sunrise' looks particularly good planted in groups in a gravel garden, or on its own in an architectural pot for a contemporary balcony or patio feature. 'Sunrise' will thrive in sun or partial shade and is completely winter hardy to -20°C as well as being drought tolerant. It needs no maintenance apart from the trimming of faded flower stems if you wish, but if left on the plant they give attractive winter interest, especial during a frost. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant and growing to a height of 70cm (2½ft) and a spread of 30cm (1ft).
This beautiful ornamental grass will provide your garden with all year round colour and interest;with its attractive silver/blue foliage. In summer short spikes of blue-green flowers appear;gradually fading to yellow-brown. It is compact in nature making it ideal for edging garden borders and a real stand out feature in patio pots.