A truly versatile perennial grass, blue fescue (Festuca glauca) has an eye-catching blue hue that lasts all year. With its clump-forming habit, blue fescue forms uniform balls of foliage topped with ...

Planting blue fescue is easy, even for beginner gardeners. Follow these simple steps to help establish blue fescue in your garden or yard. Choose a sunny spot: Select a well-draining area of your ...

I noticed the other day that my single blue fescue plant looks like an overgrown toupee. (Its twin died last year; maybe I can guess why.) The University of Arkansas' extension service says blue ...

Choose shade-tolerant grasses like fescue (cool zones) and zoysia or St. Augustine (warm zones). Ornamental options like Japanese forest grass, liriope, and blue fescue add interest to shady spots.

Dainty diminutive Festuca glauca makes a tight mound of steely blue, needle-like blades and is one of the most tactile of the evergreen grasses. A new flush of blue-grey leaves appears by early spring ...