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Muhlenbergia capillaris
Pink Muhly Grass
For about six weeks each autumn Muhlenbergia capillaris turns from a plain tuft of fine green leaves into a cloud of pink. The Pink Muhly Grass reaches 0.6 to 0.9 metres in leaf and 1 to 1.2 metres in flower, and the effect only works when it is planted in quantity.
It has become a fixture of contemporary mass planting for exactly that reason, running along medians and through meadow-style beds where a single specimen would be invisible.
Specifications
- Height0.6 to 0.9 metres in leaf, reaching 1 to 1.2 metres in flower
- Width0.6 to 0.9 metres
- Native toEastern and central North America
- FoliageFine wiry green to blue-green leaves in dense tufts; evergreen to semi-evergreen in warm climates
- Growth rateModerate
Conditions
- SoilAdapts to sandy, rocky and poor soils provided drainage is free
- LightFull sun
- WaterLow; drought-tolerant once established
- ClimateThrives in warm temperate, subtropical, coastal and arid regions with occasional irrigation
Additional Features
- FlowersAiry pink to purple flower clouds held above the foliage in autumn
- UsesIdeal for mass planting, median strips, meadow-style beds and contemporary borders
- SpacingPlant 0.6 to 0.8 metres apart so the clouds merge
- Low MaintenanceCut back to 0.1 metres in late winter and it regrows cleanly
- Pest ResistanceGenerally pest-free and resilient
- Drought TolerancePerforms on restrained irrigation once established
- Salt ToleranceTolerates coastal exposure and saline conditions
- Seasonal AppealSix weeks of pink haze in autumn, then a straw-blonde winter presence
Pink Muhly Grass is the most cost-effective autumn set piece in contemporary mass planting, provided it is specified in quantity.
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Prepared 09 September 2026