Festuca Glauca 'Blue Fescue'-OTHER-seeds

FESTUCA GLAUCA           200 seeds

“Blue Fescue”

Family: Poaceae. 

Ideal sowing temp: 15-25C. 

Position:  Well drained & sunny. 

Sowing: Sow on surface direct or on seed raising trays. Cover seed lightly to hold in place. 

Care: Keep moist but not wet. 

Sprouting: 14-28 days (Germination can take 8 weeks in winter). 

Small and very popular in modern garden design, this becomes a clump forming European ornamental grass to 15cm. Noted for its finely-textured, steel-blue foliage that looks great in mass plantings. 

It develops light green flowers tinged with purple that rise above the foliage in late spring-early summer to 30cm. The flowers are followed by attractive, wheat-like seed heads. 

Will tolerate drought and dry or low nutrient soils but does prefer regular watering. 

****Please note: these are seeds (we are NOT selling these as live plants. Quarantine restrictions and costs prohibit us from selling these seeds to WA, Tas, and Internationally.