Muhlenbergia capillaris prophouse-on-the-horizon a specimen by an entry

a specimen by an entry

Morning sun deepens the color while afternoon shade protects the foliage

this evergreen shrub offers the stature and poise of a Rhododendron

'Willowcrest'

The name itself is a splice

Muhlenbergia capillaris prophouse-on-the-horizon a specimen by an entryFew native grasses put on a show like Muhlenbergia capillaris. For most of the year pink muhly is a modest, upright tuft of fine, wiry, dark green blades, easy to overlook. Then, in the shortening days of autumn, the whole clump erupts into a haze of tiny flowers, an airy cloud of pink to rose red that seems to hover a foot above the foliage and glows when backlit by low sun. Massed in a drift, the effect is one of the most spectacular in the fall