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Common name: blue wild-rye Scientific name: Elymus glaucus Duration: Perennial Family: Poaceae Habitat: Adapted to a wide variety of soils, with average annual precipitation of 10-30”, drought and shade tolerant Blooming period: Midsummer Color: Blue-purple hue on foliage and spike inflorescence Height: 3-4' Planting Time: Blue wild-rye is an erect, rapidly developing, cool-season (but tolerant of hot weather), native perennial bunchgrass. It grows in small tufts, with broad and flat steel-blue leaves up to 12 inches long. In the Pacific Northwest the bunches rarely exceed 4 inches in width. The spike seed head is commonly blue in color.
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 1461 Thorn Creek Road, Genesee, Idaho 83832 208.596.9122 |
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