Common name:Siskyou Blue Fescue
Botanical name:Festuca 'Siskyou Blue'
Siskiyou Blue Fescue has beautiful blue grass blades to about 2' tall.
Common name:Orange Sedge
Botanical name:Carex testacea
The testacea variety is an evergreen perennial that reaches 2' tall bearing very narrow, coppery brown leaves splitting to hair-like threads at their tips, and continuing to grow to 4-8' in length. This plant should be grown in sun with little or no summer watering. During winter, foliage turns orange. If this grass is planted in shade, foliage stays green. Flowers are insignificant. Orange Sedge looks great in containers or spilling over near walkways or into water features.
Designer: Greentime and Artisan
Photographer: GardenSoft
Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.