| Description | Blue Lyme Grass (Leymus arenarius) is an aggressive spreading grass with glaucous blue foliage. When used in a flower pot the stems can be going every which way. I tell people it has a perpetual bad hair day |
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| Plant Type | Grass Ornamental, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, drought tolerant |
| Soil & Site | average, sand |
| Temperature | cool weather grass |
| Flowers | inflorescent is a narrow spike, starting blueish than turning to a tan color borne on 3-4 foot flower stems |
| Leaves | blue to bluish gray foliage (glaucous), spreads by rhizomes |
| Dimensions | 3 plus feet |
| Maintenance | can spread aggressively by rhizomes, less aggressive in heavier soils |
| Propagation | division |
| Native Site | sand dunes |
| Misc Facts | The genus Leymus is an anagram of Elymus the original genus name. Leymus is Greek for millet. Arenarius is relating to sand. aka: Blue Lyme Grass, Blue Wild Rye, Dune Grass, Sand Rye Grass, Blue Dune. |
| Author's Notes | I have grown many plants and this is about the most aggressive spreader I have come across. |
| Notes & Reference | #92-The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grass (John Greenlee), #103-The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses (Rick Darke) |
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