![]() Unlike most Blue Fescues, Beyond Blue retains its blue color over the summer. United States Plant Patent PP#23,307 awarded January 1, 2013. Festuca glauca Beyond Blue (Blue Fescue) is a compact, mound-forming, semi-evergreen ornamental grass mostly grown for its intense powder blue foliage that will catch your eye. Selected from a garden in the Netherlands, it goes by the name Intense Blue in Europe. Beyond Blue is a naturally occurring chimeric mutation of favorite Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’. It has slender, cascading foliage that is intensely silver-blue throughout the growing season. The ultra-steel-blue coloration of this cool-season beauty has people asking for it by name. It is an evergreen to semi-evergreen grass with a compact, dwarf habit that grows 3/4 to 1 ft. 'Casca11', sold under the trade name of BEYOND BLUE, was discovered in 2002 by Annemarie Blom of Haarsteeg, The Netherlands as a naturally occurring mutation of Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'. ![]() This versatile grass tolerates cold, heat, humidity, low water, poor soilseven. Festuca glauca 'Casca11' BEYOND BLUE Back to Previous Page More Images Common Name: blue fescue Type: Ornamental grass Family: Poaceae Zone: 4 to 9 Height: 0.75 to 1.00 feet Spread: 1.00 to 1. Foliage forms a dome-shaped, porcupine-like tuft of erect to arching, needle-like blades radiating upward and outward to a height of 6-8' (inflorescences typically. This low-maintenance gem will thrive despite heat, humidity or poor soils. Festuca glauca, commonly called blue fescue, is a short-lived, low-growing, semi-evergreen, clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-gray foliage. Specific epithet means with a white, powdery coating. Most Festucas lose their blue color over the summer, but not Beyond Blue. Beyond Blue is a striking plant as a mass planting in the landscape or as a specimen in mixed containers. Genus name comes from the Latin word meaning a grass stalk or straw. Flowers give way to buffy seed heads which some gardeners find attractive but others find detractive to both the symmetry of the plant and the foliage color. Orders shipping to west coast states may be partially bare rooted for packing. ![]() 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. Beyond Blue Fescue is growing in one quart (4 inch deep qt) and one gallon (trade size) pots. Foliage forms a dome-shaped, porcupine-like tuft of erect to arching, needle-like blades radiating upward and outward to a height of 6-8" (inflorescences typically bring total clump height to 10-14"). Festuca glauca 'Beyond Blue' (Blue Fescue) is a compact, mound-forming, semi-evergreen ornamental grass mostly grown for its intense powder blue foliage that will catch your eye. Festuca glauca, commonly called blue fescue, is a short-lived, low-growing, semi-evergreen, clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-gray foliage. ![]()
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