Blue oat grass

Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon Sempervirens) semi-evergreen, cool-season, hardy, showy ornamental grass, distinctive blue leaves. [DETAILS]

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Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens) and Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos). The silver blue of the grass really sets off the orange: exponentially more striking than Kangaroo Paw on its own. Kan…

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Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens) - is a very popular ornamental grass for waterwise gardeners in Utah. It is easy to grow, hardy on the Wasatch Front (so it comes back every year) and requires only moderate water. Sometimes confused with Blue Fescue (Festuca glauca), Blue Oat Grass is dusty blue and mounded in form, but much larger than Blue Fescue. It adds excellent color and texture to the landscape - great in combination with other ornamental grasses. It is a bunching grass…

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Sapphire Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens) avaliable, through Arbor Valley's Plant Encyclopedia Resources.

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In heights that range from small to tall, a rich palette of hues and with flexible stems...

Cool colours: Purple Sensation allium, Fothergilla gardenii, Liatris spicata kobold, blue oat grass

Add this elegant, ornamental specimen to any garden to offer a cool contrast to warm green foliage and bright blossoms.

Helictotrichon sempervirens (Blue Oat Grass) shines in the garden with its bright blue foliage and tall graceful late spring flowering spikes that age to tawny brown by mid-summer. It thrives in full, hot sun but should not be grown too dry in arid climates. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric).

For a combination that last all through the growing season consider blue oat grass ‘Saphirsprudel’ and Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’. The pair get going early

BLUE OAT GRASS A perennial grass forming graceful, fountain-like clumps of narrow blue-gray leaves. Tall beige flower heads appear in spring. USDA zones: 4 - 9 Sunset zones: 1 - 12, 14 - 24 Mature size: 2 - 3 feet high and wide Light needs: full sun Water needs: regular water

Similar look as Blue Fescue, but Blue Oat Grass grows slightly larger and more adaptable. Learn more about how to grow this plant PLUS what it grows well with.

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Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' Form: clump grass Flower: known for foliage Notes: semi-evergreen

Dark, purple foliage Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea' in waterwise mixed border demonstration garden at Bellevue Botanic Garden, Washington