Nederlands
Français
Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’
Blue fescue
Elijah Blue’ forms small cushions of very fine, inrolled, intensely ice-blue leaves, becoming greener in winter. From late spring to summer it bears narrow, bristly blue-green flower plumes that turn golden-brown. Attract butterflies. Well-drained, Moist but well-drained soil.
Eventual size: 15 to 30 cm
Position:
RelatedProducts
Leymus arenarius ‘Blue Dune’
Blue Lyme Grass
This bright blue, cool-season ornamental grass maintains its coloring throughout the growing season. In spring, straw-colored seed heads appear on stalks. Hardy and evergreen. Invasive. Dry, sandy soil.
Eventual size: 80 cm
Position:
Festuca glauca ‘Golden Toupee’
Blue fescue
‘Golden Toupee’ is a compact, mound-forming deciduous grass with needle-like leaves that are bright yellow in spring, later becoming grey-green. Evergreen. Attract butterflies.
Well drained soil.
Eventual size: 20 cm
Position:
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Blue oat grass
H. sempervirens is a dense tufted evergreen grass with rather rigid blue-grey leaves to 23cm in length. Small, straw-coloured spikelets are borne in large open panicles on erect stems to 1.5 m in height. Hardy.
Eventual size: 1 to 1.5 m
Position:
Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Niger’
Black Snake Beard
Evergreen soil covering plant that spreads through root shootsbut isn’t aggressive. Sword-shaped, deep black purple leaves. The leaf feels leathery due to the wax layer. Small, inconspicuous, lilac flowers in late spring, and small bells in summer.
Eventual size: 20 to 30 cm
Position:
Carex Flacca
Blue sedge
Blue sedge spreads to form a mat of bluish-green foliage. The plant can be used as a ground cover or in rock gardens. Best growth occurs in the sun but the plant will grow in shade. Hardyn evergreen. Moist soil.
Eventual size: 30 to 70 cm
Position: