{"id":2065,"date":"2012-09-12T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2011-10-12T17:39:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T21:39:30","slug":"muhly-grass-pink-color-emblazens-the-autumn-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/09\/12\/muhly-grass-pink-color-emblazens-the-autumn-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Muhly Grass Pink Color Emblazens The Autumn Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2066\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Muhlenbergia-capillaris.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2066\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2066\" title=\"Muhlenbergia capillaris\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Muhlenbergia-capillaris-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Muhlenbergia-capillaris-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Muhlenbergia-capillaris-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muhly grass in November at NC Arboretum in Asheville<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For most of the season Muhly grass (<em>Muhlenbergia capillaris<\/em>) grows\u00a0pretty much\u00a0unnoticed. Muhly exhibits a semi- erect growth habit, 3-4 feet in height and 3-4 feet in spread.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Walking\u00a0past\u00a0a pink billowy\u00a0inflorescences of Muhly on a brisk sunny October\u00a0morning is nothing short of &#8220;wow&#8221;. For\u00a010- 12 weeks, from early September thru late November, a pink haze arises 12 inches or more above the narrow bladed green foliage. Muhly stands up well\u00a0to rainfall and early frost. By late autumn the vibrant purple to pink\u00a0hues gradually fade to beige.<\/p>\n<p>Muhly grows best in full\u00a0or partial sunlight (6- hour minimum) in average moist well-drained soil. Its native range extends from southern New England to southern Florida, west to Texas.\u00a0Mulhy prospers in dry, gravely, often poor soils. Muhly stalls out in wet soggy winter soils.<\/p>\n<p>Selecting a hardy seed source is very important. Muhly is marginally hardy in zone 6. Buy plants or seeds from a nursery which has checked on seed provenance. Foliage is semi-evergreen in parts of zone 7 and further south. Old growth should be cut back to 5-6 inches above ground in\u00a0late winter.<\/p>\n<p>Plant Muhly as a single specimen or group several\u00a0for a larger display in a garden border or\u00a0meadow setting.\u00a0 Muhly\u00a0does not aggressively spread to other areas of the garden.<\/p>\n<p>Three cultivars: Pink Cloud\u2122 (shorter 2 ft. height, pink inflorescence); White Cloud \u2122 (4-5 ft. tall, more upright habit, and white inflorescence); and Regal Mist\u2122 (3-4 ft. height, dusky pink inflorescence)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most of the season Muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) grows\u00a0pretty much\u00a0unnoticed. Muhly exhibits a semi- erect growth habit, 3-4 feet in height and 3-4 feet in spread.\u00a0 Walking\u00a0past\u00a0a pink billowy\u00a0inflorescences of Muhly on a brisk sunny October\u00a0morning is nothing short of &#8220;wow&#8221;. For\u00a010- 12 weeks, from early September thru late November, a pink haze arises [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[707,778,645,674,806,774,805,627,688,777,630,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2065"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2070,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions\/2070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}