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Blue Oat Grass

Striking powder-blue foliage is ideal in the mixed garden or at garden's edge. A wonderful contrast to plants with purple or burgundy leaves, or in cool combination with silvers and grays. Graceful flowering stems are lovely in bouquets.

Companion Plants

Red Hot Poker

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Shasta Daisy

Plant Details

  • Common name

    Blue Oat Grass

  • Botanical name

    Helictotrichon sempervirens

  • Variety

    na

  • Zone

    USDA Zone 4 (-30°F) to USDA Zone 9 (20°F).

  • Light

    Sun

  • Height

    24-30" (61-76 cm)

  • Habit

    Mounded

  • Feed

    Use all-purpose

  • Water

    Weekly during dry spells

  • Bloom Color

    Blue

  • Bloom Time

    Summer

  • Maintenance

    Shear back lightly after bloom

This plant also belongs to the following BloomIQ.com collections:

  • Amelia E.'s collection