{"product_id":"blue-whiskers-blue-fescue-72-cell-plug-tray","title":"Blue Whiskers Blue Fescue - 72-Cell Plug Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlue Whiskers is a vigorous blue fescue with longer leaves and brighter silver-blue color than the classic types. It forms a full, rounded tuft about a foot tall that keeps its color through the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn early summer, slender stems about 18 to 22 inches tall carry yellow-green flower heads that ripen to tan. It loves heat, poor soil and dry conditions, making it a natural edging, container and rock garden plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery fine, needle-like leaves are a bright silvery blue and form a dense, rounded, porcupine-like tuft about 10 to 12 inches tall and 24 to 28 inches wide. In early summer, thin upright stems rise evenly around the tuft to 18 to 22 inches, topped with narrow, yellow-green flower heads that ripen to straw tan. The foliage has a soft, fine texture and a silvery sheen. At peak the plant is an icy blue ball with a halo of pale stems above it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlue Whiskers loves the same full sun and poor, dry soil as lavender, and its silvery blue tufts make a cool, fine-textured edging in front of lavender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow in full sun to part shade in lean, very well-drained soil; it dislikes wet or rich soil. Hardy in zones 4 to 8. Comb out dead leaves and trim flower stems after they brown; divide every few years to keep it vigorous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Festuca glauca\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yellow-green aging to tan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright silvery blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dense, rounded tuft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10–12 in tall × 24–28 in wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4–8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun, part sun to part shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom start:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early-June\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-June\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Single Flush\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderately resistant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Low\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne full 72-cell plug tray: 72 young starter plugs of this variety (cells about 1⅓ in. wide × 2½ in. deep), rooted and ready to pot up into quarts or gallons. Best for growers and nurseries. Potted plants and plug trays ship during our live-plant seasons, March 1–May 31 and October 1–November 30; June through September is local pickup only. Plugs, potted plants and trays do not ship to AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT or WA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"72-Cell Plug Tray","offer_id":67724314673448,"sku":"GLLF-PER-F0835742-72","price":675.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/blue-whiskers-blue-fescue.jpg?v=1790865226","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/blue-whiskers-blue-fescue-72-cell-plug-tray","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}