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 Virginia Living Museum
Pink Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
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Height: |
3-4 feet |
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Light: |
Sun to light shade |
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Soil Type: |
Handles a wide range of soil types
Highly drought tolerant |
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Bloom Time: |
Late summer to early winter |
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Flower Color: |
Rose/mauve to magenta |
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Foliage: |
Grown for foliage, good fall color |
Great plant to play against colors and forms of other perennials. Come fall, a billowy haze of rose-pink flowers wave gracefully above the foliage, persisting until frost.
Muhly grass can handle high humidity and heat. The narrow green foliage (resembling capillary tubes) is unusual and attractive in its own right, staying in a neat clump.
Pink muhly grass is becoming one of the most popular grasses for landscaping and attracts butterflies.
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