Plant Height: 24 inches Flower Height: 3 feet Spread: 24 inches
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Hardiness Zone: 3a Description: Tidy mounds of ornamental grass features arching, narrow steel-blue foliage; drought tolerant and easy to grow, perfect for beds, borders and rock gardens; straw colored plumes emerge during the summer months Ornamental Features Oat Grass, Blue's attractive grassy leaves remain steel blue in color throughout the year on a plant with a mounded habit of growth. The tan seed heads are carried on plumes from mid summer to late fall. Landscape Attributes Oat Grass, Blue is an herbaceous evergreen perennial grass with a mounded form. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cut back to the ground in late winter before active growth resumes. It has no significant negative characteristics. Oat Grass, Blue is recommended for the following landscape applications; Planting & Growing Oat Grass, Blue will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity extending to 3 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round. This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average conditions that are neither too wet nor too dry. To help this plant achive its best flowering performance, periodically apply a flower-boosting fertilizer from early spring through into the active growing season. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for alkaline soils, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This species is native to parts of North America. It can be propagated by division.
