Sesleria caerulea

The blades of this handsome 6-12" clumping, two-tone grass twist and curl to expose both their upper dark-green side and their lower cool-blue side; a fine meadow-lawn for light traffic or border edging. S-PSh/M (not dry)

Named to honor Leonardo Sesler, an 18th-century physician and botanist, this European native's sturdy tuffet fashions a long-lived and versatile, noninvasive ground cover. Easily cultivated, low growing Blue Moor Grass puts forth a dense evergreen mound of soft, two-toned leaves, which are glaucous blue on top and dark green beneath. Twisted and curvy, the leaves present a cooling blue-green base for the small spiky panicles of purplish black flowers that mature to a silvered green. With enough fortitude to handle cold weather and alkaline soils, Sesleria caerulea is unrivaled as a filler between larger grasses or for edging a pathway, and equally impressive when massed.

Mat-forming grass with interesting bi-colored leaves, 6-12" long, lying nearly flat on the ground. Upper surface of the leaves is blue-green with the underside silver-white. Panicles emerge purple-black in March maturing to amber by June. Useful as a low maintenance lawn for small yards, mass plantings, filler, or edging. Full sun along the coast, light to full shade in inland gardens. Plants in our garden have a stronger character in the shade and we have used it successfully in the?understory of native oaks. Richer with regular garden water but drought tolerant at maturity. Also tolerant of occasional foot traffic. Eastern Europe.