With its hemispherical shape, which is made up of shimmering blue leaves, the blue fescue becomes a distinctive player in rock gardens, heath gardens and within herbaceous beds. However, if you want to combine other plants with it, you should keep a few points in mind.
Which plants go well with blue fescue?
The blue fescue is suitable for combining with plants such as lavender, heather and sun rose, which have similar location requirements and growth heights. In addition to blue-green colored leaves, the different flower colors of the plant neighbors complement each other harmoniously.
What factors should you consider when combining blue fescue?
When combining blue fescue, keep in mind basic characteristics of this plant:
- Flower color: yellow-brown
- Flowering time: June to July
- Location requirements: sunny, dry and nutrient-poor soil
- Growth height: 15 to 30 cm
Since blue fescue originates in Mediterranean regions and has adapted to the local conditions there, only combination partners that like similar sunny, dry locations and, in the best case, also come from the Mediterranean region can be considered for it.
The height of growth is still important if you want to assign blue fescue a companion plant. With its low stature it looks excellent next to taller plants. But it also looks pretty next to specimens that reach a similar height.
Since the foliage of the blue fescue is one of its highlights, it is advisable to combine it with plants that shine more with their flowers than with their leaves. The flowers of the blue fescue itself look most impressive next to purple-flowering perennials.
Combine blue fescue in the bed or in the bucket
Blue fescue can be combined with different perennials. For example, drought-loving Mediterranean herbs such as lavender and thyme are ideal for it. But it also looks attractive in the company of other and more simply colored sweet grasses.
So the blue fescue goes great with:
- Lavender
- Thyme
- Heather
- Carnation
- stonecrop
- Sun Beauty
- Feather bristle grass
- Red Fescue
Combine blue fescue with lavender
Both lavender and blue fescue have blue-green colored leaves. This means that the two harmonize perfectly with each other. When lavender finally produces its light to deep purple flower spikes in summer, it forms a striking contrast to the yellow-brown flower spikes of blue fescue. On top of that, the lavender's location requirements make it a good match for blue fescue, as it also likes to be in full sun and in poor soil.
Combine blue fescue with heather
For heather gardens, blue fescue is a popular companion plant to the tried and tested heather. Together the two are unbeatable when the heather is in its flowering period. Especially if you plant different colored heather varieties around several blue fescues, the resulting fireworks of color will be unforgettable from late summer to autumn.
Combine blue fescue with sun rose
The blue fescue goes wonderfully with the sun rose. They both prefer to stay close to the ground and can easily cope with drought. When the sun rose is in its prime, the blue fescue immediately follows suit. The long flower spikes form a beautiful background to pink, orange and white flowering varieties of sun rose. One could even say that it is the blue fescue with its blue-green leaves that really puts the sun rose in the spotlight.
