Product Description
Muhlenbergia capillaris (4) 1-gallons
Common Name: pink muhlygrass
Type: Ornamental grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris, commonly called pink muhlygrass or pink hair grass, is a clump-forming, warm season, perennial grass that is noted for its attractive summer foliage and spectacular clouds of fall flowers. Best grown in sandy or rocky, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to light shade. Best in full sun. Regular water during the first growing season helps establish a deep, extensive root system. Tolerant of heat, humidity, and drought; does not tolerate wet winters. Does not spread by rhizomes.
Native to prairies, pine barrens, and open woodlands from Massachusetts to Kansas south to Florida and Texas. Glossy, wiry, thread-like, dark green leaves and stems form an attractive basal clump. It is the fall flowering, however, that most distinguishes this grass. Masses of airy, open, loosely branched inflorescences (each to 12” long) in pink to pinkish-red float above the foliage in a lengthy fall bloom. Tan seed plumes remain attractive in winter. Plants typically grow to 3’ tall x 3’ wide when in flower.
Family: Poaceae
Native Range: Western-central United States
Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 2.00 to 3.00 feet
Spread: 2.00 to 3.00 feet
Bloom Time: September to November
Bloom Description: Pink to pinkish red
Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Maintenance: Low
Tolerate: Drought, Black Walnut, Air Pollution
Slopes or banks, cut-flower arrangements, groundcover, Deer Resistant, Winter Interest, Heat Tolerant, Salt Tolerant
(4) 1-gallon containers ready to plant, plants maybe trimmed for shipping,