Family: Poaceae
Scientific Name: Festuca amethystima superba
Common Name: Rainbow Fescue, Large Blue Fescue
Description | A large blue-silver colored Fescue. |
Pronunciation | (fes-TOO-kah) |
Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental |
Hardiness Zone | 4 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | inflorescences on slender amethyst colored stalks |
Leaves | thin, grass like, good blue-silver color |
Dimensions | up to 2 by 2 feet, mounded, tufted |
Maintenance | dead head to remove the seeds, will reseed and may revert back to species plant |
Propagation | division |
Native Site | North central Europe |
Notes & Reference | 103-The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses (Rick Darke), #92-The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grass (John Greenlee) |
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