{"product_id":"elijah-blue-blue-fescue-72-cell-plug-tray","title":"Elijah Blue Blue Fescue - 72-Cell Plug Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eElijah Blue is a favorite blue fescue with soft, powdery blue foliage that holds its color all year. It forms a tidy, rounded tuft just 8 to 10 inches tall and is one of the longer-lived, more durable varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn early summer it sends up many slender stems topped with wheat-like seed heads. It prefers dry conditions, so it is perfect for rock gardens, troughs, pots, coastal plantings and sunny edging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFine, needle-like leaves in a soft, powdery blue form a small, dense, rounded tuft about 8 to 10 inches tall and wide, like a spiky blue pincushion. In early summer, numerous thin stems rise several inches above the tuft, topped with narrow, wheat-like seed heads that start blue-green and ripen to tan. The foliage has a slightly frosted, matte finish. At peak the plant is a crisp blue ball with a light spray of tan stems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElijah Blue shares lavender's taste for full sun and dry, lean soil, and its small powder-blue tufts edge a lavender bed neatly all year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant in full sun to light shade in lean, sharply drained soil; avoid wet or heavy soil. Hardy in zones 4 to 8. Trim off seed heads after they brown and comb out dead leaves in spring.\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 Blue-green aging to tan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Powdery blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Small, rounded tuft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8–10 in tall × 8–10 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":67724314706216,"sku":"GLLF-PER-B1E43243-72","price":632.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/elijah-blue-blue-fescue.jpg?v=1790864886","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/elijah-blue-blue-fescue-72-cell-plug-tray","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}