- Botanical name: Festuca tatrae
- Common name: Blue fescue
- Family: Poaceae
- Plant Type: Perennial
Blue
Blue/Green
- Key features:
- Dramatic foliage
- Flowers
Blue fescue, Festuca tatrae, is a dwarf ornamental grass, ideal for growing in a rock garden. It bears stiff, thread-like blue foliage and steel blue flower-heads in dense, upright tussocks. Plants look fantastic when grown with a variety of other plants, and also work well in containers. Alternatively grow several plants 20cm or more apart as ground cover in front of shrubs, in a well-drained border.
Festuca tatrae bears slender, elegant and dusky green leaves, and arching flowers in early summer. To ensure plants develop the most intense blue colouration, keep them dry in summer.
How to grow Festuca tatrae
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Plant size
50cm height
20cm spread
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Aspect
South facing, west facing
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Position in border
Middle
- Sun exposure: Full sun, dappled shade
- Hardiness: Hardy
- Soil type: Well drained / light / sandy / clay / heavy / moist / chalky / alkaline / acidic
Plant calendar
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Do not Plant in January |
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A
Do not Plant in April |
M
Do Plant in May |
J
Do Plant in June |
J
Do Plant in July |
A
Do Plant in August |
S
Do Plant in September |
O
Do not Plant in October |
N
Do not Plant in November |
D
Do not Plant in December |
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| Flowers |
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Plant does not flower in January |
F
Plant does not flower in February |
M
Plant does not flower in March |
A
Plant does not flower in April |
M
Plant does flower in May |
J
Plant does flower in June |
J
Plant does flower in July |
A
Plant does flower in August |
S
Plant does not flower in September |
O
Plant does not flower in October |
N
Plant does not flower in November |
D
Plant does not flower in December |
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| Divide |
J
Do not Divide in January |
F
Do not Divide in February |
M
Do Divide in March |
A
Do Divide in April |
M
Do Divide in May |
J
Do not Divide in June |
J
Do not Divide in July |
A
Do not Divide in August |
S
Do not Divide in September |
O
Do not Divide in October |
N
Do not Divide in November |
D
Do not Divide in December |
Festuca tatrae and wildlife
Festuca tatrae has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
Is Festuca tatrae poisonous?
Festuca tatrae has no toxic effects reported.
No reported toxicity to Birds
No reported toxicity to Cats
No reported toxicity to Dogs
No reported toxicity to Horses
No reported toxicity to Livestock
No reported toxicity to People
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