Glauca/glaucum/glaucus Covered with a white or bluish waxy bloom.
Globose Shaped like a globe; spherical.
Glossy Shining, reflecting more light than if lustrous.
Picea glauca albertiana 'Conica' (4' H x 2' W) The dwarf Alberta Spruce is deservedly one of the most popular dwarf evergreens. It keeps its perfect conical shape without effort and the new spring growth is a bright lime green. (Zones 4 - 7) ...
Rosa glauca. A species rose that grows up to 10 feet tall, with arching red canes, blue-green leaves, pretty pink flowers, and hips as an autumn bonus.
These beautiful, no-fuss roses thrive in all but the hottest and coldest areas of the country ...
Yucca glauca can withstand -20 degrees F.
Photo Credit: Gary Irish
Yucca filamentosa grows as far north as Maine.
Picea glauca is a dwarf conifer with drooping branches. It can make an interesting addition to your sink garden.
Saxifraga cochlearis `Minor' has a compact form excellent for sink gardens.
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Fescue glauca - blue fescue - Blue fescue forms clumps or bluish, fine textured grass 12 inches high and 10 inches wide. The plant prefers a well-drained soil. Festuca glauca is a well behaved grass that adds beautiful blue foliage year round.
Festuca Glauca Blue
Fountain Grass
There is a wide variety of both annual and perennial ornamental grasses. Chances are, there's a variety to accent the landscape theme you are seeking to create. Some grow just a foot tall.
Festuca glauca
8-12"
Blue Fescue is a durable plant that grows in clumping mounds of fine blue foliage. They tend to die out in the center after a couple years and will need to be divided ...
The woody plant recommendation for 2010 is Rosa glauca, sometimes listed as Rosa rubrifolia (Redleaf Rose). This is a medium to large shrub rose with single pastel pink blossoms that fade to white.
Thuja koriensis 'Glauca Prostrata'
Damp, wet site
For a poorly drained or constantly moist soil, you can't go wrong using arborvitae (Thuja, hardy to USDA Zones 2-8).
Picea glauca 'Little Stevie' is a true dwarf conifer that catches Jane's eye. It would be good in a small garden bed or a container, but like all conifers with such dense foliage, it will not thrive in humid areas.
glauca
Cotoneaster lactaeus
Cotoneaster 'Hybridus Pendulus'
Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans Compacta'
Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill'
Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata'
Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata' Erica (all)
Erica arborea var. alpina ...
Botanical Name: Festuca glauca.
Hardiness: Zones 4 to 8.
Size: 6 inches to 1 foot high.
Foliage: Thin blue blades.
Flowers: Slim, blue-green, eventually turning buff.
Light Needs: Full sun to light shade.
Thryallis (Galphimia glauca) is from the malpighia family. It is an evergreen shrub that is easy to grow and drought tolerant. It gets to 6 feet tall and nearly as wide. Leaves are light green, 1 to 2 inches long, and oblong.
Weeping blue atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula')
Height: 10 m
Spread: 5 m
Location: full sun; shelter from cold, drying winter winds
Cultivation: adapts to most soil types but prefers moist, well-drained soil ...
Festuca glauca, Blue fescue
Helicotrichon sempervirens, Blue oat grass
Panicum virgatum, Switch grass
Pennisetum species, Fountain grasses
Schizachyrium scoparium, Little bluestem
Sorgastrum nutans, Indian grass ...
Great Plains Yucca "Soapweed Yucca" - Yucca Glauca (Avave-Agvaceae) -narrow pointed leaves with multiple white flower stalks. Used for food, and soap.
EDIS: japanese Blue Oak
NCSU: Quercus Glauca
Garden Nation: Japanese Blue Oak
More great ideas ...
-- in order to speed germination. This image is of Canna glauca seed, \
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Dwarf Alberta spruce (Picea glauca)
Feather reed grass (Calamagrostis x acutiflora)
Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum')
Tufted fescue (Festuca amethystina)
Bougainvillea
Fuchsia ...
Sedum spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco'
Pulsatilla vulgaris, Pasque flower
Festuca glauca, Blue fescue
Saxifraga 'Suendermannii' ...
Blue-tint leaves have the same deepening effect as blue flowers. Blue hostas and Solomon's seal visually widen shady areas with their broad leaves. Meadowrue (Thalictrum) and Rosa glauca weave lacy texture into all-green gardens.
Another neat plant is the dwarf blue fescue, Festuca ovina 'Glauca'. It forms dense tufts of blueish green plants, that makes an interesting ground cover or low border to the garden.
 See also: Plant, Flower, Grow, Foliage, Shade
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