Poaceae
Glaucantha bluegrass
Poa glauca
Also known as Glaucantha Poa, Paneion glaucum, Poa nemoralis subsp. glauca, Poa grass
Native Plants · Bluegrass · Cool-Season Grass · Alpine · Ornamental Grass · Ground Cover · Shade Tolerant · Perennial Grass · Northern Garden
Glaucantha bluegrass is a hardy cool-season grass suited to alpine and northern garden settings with partial shade. Water regularly during the growing season and reduce watering in winter dormancy. It requires minimal fertilization and is well adapted to poor, well-drained soils.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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