Festuca glauca 'Golden Toupee'

Also Known As

Blue Fescue

Plant type

perennial, grass / grass like

size

H: 10"
W: 12"

planting zones

5a-7b

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Festuca glauca 'Golden Toupee' plant details

Festuca glauca 'Golden Toupee' is an evergreen perennial grass (or grassy in appearance) with chartreuse and gold foliage. In summer chartreuse flowers emerge. Features grassy texture. Grows well with sun and low water. Prefers to be dry in summer. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Festuca glauca 'Golden Toupee'

Plant type: perennial grass (or grassy in appearance)
Plant family: poaceae
Foliage: evergreen chartreuse and gold
Mature size: 0 - 12 IN - wide, 0 - 10 IN - tall
Flowers: chartreuse blooms in summer
Uses: container plant, cutting garden, edging plant, rock garden, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Festuca glauca 'Golden Toupee'

USDA Zones: 5a - 7b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: low
Resistant to: deer, verticillium wilt
Soil needs: well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Soft golden yellow mounds of fine textured grassy foliage in the full sun. Slightly greener in the shade. 3-6". Average moisture.

By: Sunshine Farm and Gardens

One would hardly recognize this as a blue fescue for the fine, hairlike foliage is by turns dazzling chartreuse or luminous gold depending upon the exposure individual plants receive. Less robust than either 'Boulder Blue' or 'Elijah Blue', 'Golden Toupee' requires some effort to keep happy, but the striking foliage makes it well worth the trouble. Best in partial shade. Hardy to 0°F.

By: Native Sons

As a "toupee" it leaves someting to be desired but as an eye-catching grass for container or dry border, it would be hard to beat with its 9" tufted mound of fine-textured, soft-golden foliage. Sun/Dry/GoodDrain