Summary
Hair-awn muhly (Muhlenbergia capillaris) is a beautiful, showy native grass for both perennial border plantings and native meadow gardens. It forms a 30” sphere of wiry textured grass blades. From September to October, it bursts into pink frothy cotton candy-like blooms, making it one of the most ornamental native grasses. This showy clump-forming grass grows in full sun to filtered shade in a wide range of soils. Hair-awn muhly is an excellent meadow or perennial border plant when grown with little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), broomsedge bluestem (Andropogon virginicus), Georgia aster (Symphyotrichum georgianum), swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius), Maryland golden-aster (Chrysopsis mariana), small-headed gayfeather (Liatris microcephala), and Bluebird smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve ‘Bluebird’). The cultivar, ‘White Cloud’, produces ivory-colored plumes, blooms later, and is generally more upright than the straight species. Zones 5-9.
More Details
- Plant Type
perennial-grass - Sun/Shade Conditions
full-sun-to-filtered-shade - Foliage Character
deciduous - Soil Moisture
dry-to-moist - Flowering Period
early-to-late-fall - Soil PH
adaptable - Flower Color
pink, purple - Summer Foliage Color
green - Fall Foliage Color
green, tan - Fruit/Seed Color
tan