Festuca amethystina
Fine blue-green needle grass
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Festuca amethystina
- Introduce spectacular, fine-textured colour to your garden with this phenomenal, clump-forming ornamental grass that shines in the sun.
- Festuca amethystina features an incredible mound of needle-like, blue-green foliage that looks absolutely stunning all year round.
- This festuca produces highly attractive, purplish-green flower spikes in summer that sway gracefully above the foliage, adding wonderful kinetic movement.
- It is exceptionally drought-tolerant and thrives in poor, rocky soils, making it an essential, low-maintenance star for gravel gardens and modern containers.
- Providing outstanding, persistent evergreen structure, it is the perfect architectural choice for softening hard paving edges or mass planting for groundcover.
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Will this grow in my garden?
Can I grow this in a pot?
Yes, Festuca amethystina needs a heavy 40cm wide pot to stop it blowing over.
How big does it get?
Festuca amethystina typically reaches a mature height of 30 cm and a spread of 30 cm.
How much sunlight does this need?
Festuca amethystina requires full sun for at least 6 hours a day.
What kind of soil does this plant prefer?
Festuca amethystina prefers well-drained, poor to moderately fertile soil.
How much watering does this plant need?
Festuca amethystina is drought-tolerant once established, needing water only when the top 5 centimetres of soil feel dry.
Will this plant need pruning?
Festuca amethystina does not need pruning. Simply comb your fingers through the plant in spring to remove any dead or loose foliage.
How hardy is this plant?
Festuca amethystina is fully hardy (H5), enduring temperatures down to -15°C. It grows well across the UK, though it may need protection from severe winter wet in colder regions.
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