Scientific Name
Festuca amethystina

Common Name
Tufted fescue

Hardiness Zones: 4-8
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Height: 2'
Light Requirements: Sun
Soil/Moisture: Well drained soil
Form/Texture: Fine texture; tufted and clump forming
Inflorescence: Small inflerounce held 2' above the foliage in early summer; stems are lender amethyst colored stalks
Comments: Blue-green to blue silver foliage; leaves rolled and thread like; slightly larger plants than F. glauca
Cultivars: Superba: 1', intense blue-silver foliage
 

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