Helictotrichon 'Saphirsprudel' - Blue Oat Grass

Well-behaved and highly charming, Blue Oat grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens) is a showy ornamental grass that grows in attractive, round clumps of gracefully arching narrow steel blue leaves. Resembling Blue Fescue (Festuca Glauca) but significantly bigger, it is the best of the mid-sized blue-leaved grasses.

• Type: Ornamental grass

  Zone: 4 to 8

  Height: 2.00 to 3.00 feet

  Spread: 1.50 to 2.00 feet

  Bloom Time: June

  Bloom Description: Bluish brown

  Sun: Full sun

  Water: Dry to medium

  Maintenance: Low

  Flower: Showy

  Leaf: Colorful

  Other: Winter Interest

  Tolerate: Deer, Black Walnut, Air Pollution