Pot Size: 2 gallons
Native Status: Native
Description: A North American native, pink muhly grass sounds is an excellent landscape plant. Long-lived, with little to no insect or disease pests, and highly resistant to deer grazing, this ornamental grass is perfect for the low-maintenance garden. Muhly grass tolerates heat, humidity, drought, and poor soil and is highly salt tolerant. . Pink Muhly Grass grows in a mound with erect, blue-green foliage until September when spectacular, billowing pink seed heads form a cotton-candy crown. When planted in masses, the dramatic effect can take your breath away.
Light Exposure: Full Sun Drought Tolerant: Yes
Soil Moisture: Moist to Occasionally Dry Salt Tolerant: Yes
Mature Height: 2-3 ft Deer Resistant: Yes
Mature Width: 2ft. 4 in. -3 ft
Bloom Color/Bloom Time: Blooms rosy pink from July through September.
Historical Uses: Varieties of this grass are utilized in the Southeastern United States as a natural resource for coiled basketry by the Gullah Geechee culture. Muhlenbergia capillaris is Indigenous to America, first documented in 1785 by botanist Ernest Muhlenburg.
Wildlife Values: Muhly grass serves as habitat and food source for birds. The grass forms a low canopy that small animals can use for shelter and refuge.
👉 For more information visit NC Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Photo Credits:
1 - Muhlenbergia capillaris plant John E. Branch, Jr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
2 - Muhlenbergia capillaris in native setting leppyone CC BY 2.0
3 - Muhlenbergia capillaris foliage Heather Paul CC BY-ND 2.0
Pot Size: 2 gallons
Native Status: Native
Description: A North American native, pink muhly grass sounds is an excellent landscape plant. Long-lived, with little to no insect or disease pests, and highly resistant to deer grazing, this ornamental grass is perfect for the low-maintenance garden. Muhly grass tolerates heat, humidity, drought, and poor soil and is highly salt tolerant. . Pink Muhly Grass grows in a mound with erect, blue-green foliage until September when spectacular, billowing pink seed heads form a cotton-candy crown. When planted in masses, the dramatic effect can take your breath away.
Light Exposure: Full Sun Drought Tolerant: Yes
Soil Moisture: Moist to Occasionally Dry Salt Tolerant: Yes
Mature Height: 2-3 ft Deer Resistant: Yes
Mature Width: 2ft. 4 in. -3 ft
Bloom Color/Bloom Time: Blooms rosy pink from July through September.
Historical Uses: Varieties of this grass are utilized in the Southeastern United States as a natural resource for coiled basketry by the Gullah Geechee culture. Muhlenbergia capillaris is Indigenous to America, first documented in 1785 by botanist Ernest Muhlenburg.
Wildlife Values: Muhly grass serves as habitat and food source for birds. The grass forms a low canopy that small animals can use for shelter and refuge.
👉 For more information visit NC Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Photo Credits:
1 - Muhlenbergia capillaris plant John E. Branch, Jr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
2 - Muhlenbergia capillaris in native setting leppyone CC BY 2.0
3 - Muhlenbergia capillaris foliage Heather Paul CC BY-ND 2.0
