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Festuca cinerea Eisvogel Minirooter / 1L
Festuca cinerea 'Eisvogel'
Confirmed format: 1 Litre Pot
Plant Highlights: Fine, steel-blue evergreen foliage • Compact, neat, rounded clump-forming habit • Adds dependable year-round colour and texture • Ideal for rockeries, gravel gardens, borders and containers • Easy to maintain with simple hand-combing in late winter or early spring
Overview
Festuca cinerea 'Eisvogel' is a compact evergreen ornamental grass grown for its striking steel-blue foliage, which forms neat, rounded mounds that provide colour and texture throughout the year. Its fine, evergreen leaves create a soft, architectural effect, making it an excellent choice for edging paths, gravel gardens, alpine planting and contemporary borders. Its compact habit allows it to combine beautifully with flowering perennials, succulents and other ornamental grasses, where the cool blue foliage provides an attractive contrast to green and silver planting.
Why We Love It
The cool blue foliage provides dependable year-round colour, even when many other plants are dormant. Its neat, compact habit makes it easy to include in both formal and naturalistic planting schemes without overwhelming neighbouring plants.
Plant Details
| Botanical Name | Festuca cinerea 'Eisvogel' |
|---|---|
| Common Name | Blue Fescue |
| Plant Type | Evergreen ornamental grass |
| Foliage | Fine, steel-blue evergreen leaves |
| Flowering Season | Early to mid-summer |
| Position | Full sun |
| Soil | Well-drained soil |
| Habit | Compact, rounded, clump-forming |
| Mature Height | 25 cm to 30 cm |
| Mature Spread | 25 cm to 35 cm |
| Hardiness | RHS H5 (−15°C to −10°C). |
Growing Guide
| Position & Soil | Plant in a sunny position with well-drained soil. Blue fescues perform best where drainage is good and are well suited to gravel gardens, raised beds and containers. |
|---|---|
| Watering | Once established, they cope well with short periods of dry weather. |
| Maintenance & Pruning | In late winter or early spring, gently comb through the foliage by hand to remove any dead leaves and keep the clump looking fresh. Divide mature plants every few years if required to maintain vigour. |
Perfect For
- Rockeries
- Gravel gardens
- Path edging
- Borders
- Patio containers
Good to Know
- Copes well with short periods of dry weather once established.
- Can be divided every few years if required to maintain vigour.
Product Information
| Supplied Format | 1 Litre Pot |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | Evergreen ornamental grass |
| Position | Best grown in full sun |
| Recommended Uses | Rockeries, gravel gardens, borders and patio containers |
| Key Feature | Steel-blue evergreen foliage and compact clump-forming habit |
Specifications & use
- Product type
- Grasses and Ferns
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