| Description | Cool As Ice Fescue (Festuca glauca) A Fescue cultivar that starts lighter in the spring than darkens. Reported to have better heat and humidity tolerance. |
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| Pronunciation | (fes-TOO-kah) |
| Plant Type | Grass Ornamental, Short lived perennials |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5 |
| Sunlight | full for best foliage color |
| Moisture | average, tolerates drought once established |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained, tolerates drought, rots in poorly drained soils |
| Flowers | buff colored on tall slender stalks |
| Leaves | fine textured leaves, lighter blue in spring than darking |
| Dimensions | 18 inches tall with flower stalks, 24 inch spread, forms a rounded clump |
| Maintenance | cut off all seed heads, the seeds will germinated and seedlings probably will not be true to the cultivar, remove dead foliage in the spring or fall |
| Propagation | division |
| Cultivar Origin | Intrinsic Perennial Gardens, Illinois USA |
| Author's Notes | I have used lots of Festuca glauca cultivar plants in gardens, grew many at my nursery and wouldn't classify them has hardy and easy to grow has Daylily or Hosta. Need to be divided on an yearly to every other year basis. |
| Notes & Reference | Intrinsic Perennials web site |
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