Festuca glauca

Festuca glauca, commonly known as blue fescue, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, Poaceae.[2] F. glauca is a perennial[1] clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-gray foliage.The foliage forms a dome-shaped, porcupine-like tuft of erect to arching, needle-like 9-ribbed blades,[3] radiating upward and outward to a length of 140–180 mm.Light green flowers with a purple tinge appear in terminal panicles atop stems rising above the foliage in late spring to early summer, but inflorescences are not very showy.Plants require frequent division as clumps tend to die out in the center and need to be divided, replanted or replaced every 2–3 years.
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