Blue fescue (Festuca glauca) is a beautiful ornamental grass known for its striking silvery-blue foliage. Because of its ...

The Olivenhain Municipal Water District Board of Directors recognized Ramona Copley at its June 18 meeting as OMWD’s winner ...

How do you revive Elijah Blue fescue, the popular blue tufted ornamental grass, if it’s is looking dry and dead? Or can you? Costa Mesa reader Niki Parker wrote into to our SoCal Garden Clinic ...

There are many sounds that bring me back to carefree childhood autumns – the crunching of leaves underfoot as we made our way home from school, the crackling of leaf-fueled, curbside bonfires… ...

Ornamental grasses dress up the landscape. By Calvin R. Finch / Special to the Express-News Oct 8, 2011. ... Blue fescue grass is the ornamental grass choice for a small specimen.

Ornamental grasses provide colors for the garden palette. For example, Blue Oat grass and Blue Fescue are a silvery blue tone, Overdam is variegated green and white while zebra grass is banded in ...

Cool season grasses, such as fescue and stipa, begin growth in late winter, flesh out fully in spring and flower in midsummer. In milder zones, and with a little water, they may perform as evergreens.

Adding some boulders to your garden is another easy way to take up space without adding water requirements, and they go great with ornamental grasses. (Contributed) As the desire for less ...

Unlike most other grasses, blue fescue might require replanting after a few years. ... beautiful blue color in the landscape,” said Debra Knapke, the Columbus garden writer known as the garden sage.

If you have a shady garden then Japanese forest grass should be your go-to grass. ... ‘Beyond Blue’ blue fescue and blue oat grass. These two evergreen grasses don’t change color in the fall ...

Of the many creative ideas for gardens that have captured our imagination of late, fairytale planting is potentially the most unexpected. It might sound like something for kids, but it's a ...