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Plant: Muhly Grass - Pink
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Size: 1 gal
Light
Bloom
More about this plant
Pink muhly grass is a native, clumping warm-season grass with fine, wiry green leaves that form a neat mound 2 to 3 feet tall. In fall it is covered with airy pink to purple flower plumes that fade to tan seed heads lasting into winter. It wants full sun and tolerates poor soil, heat, humidity, drought, salt and deer, and suits borders, mass plantings, meadows and coastal sites.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
Plant description
Pink muhly grass is a native, clumping warm-season grass with fine, wiry green leaves that form a neat mound 2 to 3 feet tall. In fall it is covered with airy pink to purple flower plumes that fade to tan seed heads lasting into winter. It wants full sun and tolerates poor soil, heat, humidity, drought, salt and deer, and suits borders, mass plantings, meadows and coastal sites.
- Flowers
- Airy pink to purple plumes up to 12 inches long rise above the foliage from September through November and fade to tan seed plumes that persist into winter.
- Foliage
- Wiry, thread-like green leaves 18 to 36 inches long and under 1 inch wide, with no hairs.
- Fruit
- Small, dry brown caryopsis; the tan seed plumes persist through winter.
- Native range
- Central and eastern U.S. south to Mexico and Guatemala; also Bahamas, Cuba and Puerto Rico
