Pink muhly

Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘Regal Mist’

Description

Muhly grasses offer fine foliage textures and stunning flower inflorescences. One cultivar, M. c. ‘Regal Mist’ has become the choice for residential gardens and commercial landscape due to its reliable yearly flowering performance. This cultivar has foliage that matures around 2 ft. tall and 4 ft. wide and produces a profusion of pink-rose flower panicles growing above the foliage in late summer and fading to wheat color by fall.

Regal Mist pink muhly is considered by many people to be the most beautiful flowering grass in our gardens. An easy to grow plant that loves sun, many types of soil, and low amounts of supplemental water. It works well in mass and individual plantings, in containers, parkways and with other flowering perennials.

Plant Type: Grass
Foliage Character: Semi-deciduous
Habit: Mounding
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage Color: Light green
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Season: Summer, Fall
Soil Adaptations: Well-draining soil
Exposure Adaptations: Heat, Drought, Aridity, All day sun
Function: Container plant, Civic spaces, Borders, Small spaces, Raised planters, Near pools and water features, Mass planting, Foliage accent plant, Flowering accent plant
Height: 2 ft.
Width: 4 ft. (to 5′ with flowers)

Watering Schedule: Low 2

For most situations, we recommend watering deeply every 2 weeks after establishment.

Learn how to apply this watering schedule to your landscape on our How to water waterwise and California native plants page.

Important Notes

These are general guidelines. Always observe and adjust as necessary for your landscape.
If it rains over 1” you will likely not need to water for at least another two weeks. Before watering again, check the soil. It should be significantly dry at least 4” below the soil surface before watering.
To save water, in many cases you can go longer in between waterings during the winter, often up to 3-4 weeks between watering for well-established plants. Two weeks after watering, check the soil approximately 4” below the surface. If it is still significantly moist, you can wait longer before watering again.
In most cases, if you have a “smart timer” or weather sensitive irrigation controller, you may use these features to save some water in in the fall and winter. If you are using automatic weather adjusting functions, continue to allow the timer to run every two weeks. It will adjust the number of minutes it runs to account for the cooler weather.
It is important to group plants with the same water needs together in the landscape to avoid needing to over or under water plants when running your irrigation system.

In late winter or early spring, just prior to spring growth, cut back hard, to an appx. 6″ mound. For multiple plants, this is best done using a manual or powered hedge trimmer. If needed, dried flowers can be cleaned up over the winter with a very light shearing, but it is a warm season growing grass so avoid cutting back significantly during the cool season. If you only have a few plants, old flower stalks can be removed individually with a hand pruner. After the pink flowers fade to tan, the dried flowers continue to look attractive for quite some time. Consider waiting to remove dried flowers until they begin to look unattractive (S). References

Pink muhly

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Watering Schedule: Low 2

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