Create a spectacular, soft-focus effect in your autumn landscape with Pink Muhlygrass (Muhlenbergia capillaris). Also known as Pink Hair Grass or Gulf Muhly, this warm-season native perennial is celebrated for its glossy, wiry, dark green foliage that forms neat, basal clumps throughout the spring and summer. As the season turns, it transforms into an absolute showstopper: massive, airy clouds of pink to lavender-purple flower plumes float above the foliage, creating a stunning, feathery floral display.

Native to prairies, pine barrens, and open woodlands, Pink Muhlygrass is as tough as it is beautiful. It thrives in heat, humidity, and drought, and its high salt tolerance makes it an excellent choice for coastal gardens. Long-lived and pest-free, this "unfussy" grass provides excellent year-round cover for wildlife and seeds for songbirds, while its tan seed plumes remain attractive well into winter.

Key Features:

• Spectacular Fall Color: Produces masses of airy, pink to pinkish-red flower plumes in fall that look like floating clouds.
• Wildlife Haven: Provides excellent year-round cover and produces seeds eaten by songbirds and small mammals.
• Tough & Adaptable: Tolerates heat, humidity, drought, poor soils, urban conditions, and salt spray.
• Deer Resistant: Highly resistant to deer grazing, making it perfect for low-maintenance landscapes.
• Winter Interest: Floral plumes fade to a soft tan, retaining their structure and beauty through the winter months.
• Non-Invasive Growth: Clump-forming grass that does not spread by rhizomes, keeping it well-behaved in garden borders.
• Pollinator-Safe: Grown non-GMO and free of harmful neonicotinoids, promoting a healthy ecosystem for pollinators and wildlife.

Available in sets of three, six, or 12 plants to create a dramatic mass planting.

Why Choose Pink Muhlygrass? 

Pink Muhlygrass is the ultimate solution for gardeners seeking high-impact, late-season color with virtually zero maintenance. Its ability to withstand "harsh" conditions—from rocky, dry soils to salty coastal air—makes it versatile for home and commercial landscapes alike. Whether planted individually as a specimen or in sweeping drifts for a "pink haze" effect, this grass adds texture, movement, and ecological value to the garden when many other plants are fading.

Planting Tips:

1. Location: Best grown in full sun for the most spectacular floral display, though it tolerates light shade. Thrives in sandy, rocky, or well-drained soils.
2. Watering: Drought-tolerant once established, though it generally grows taller with consistent moisture. Ensure soil is well-drained; it does not like "wet feet."
3. Maintenance: Minimal care required. It is unfussy about soil type and has little to no insect or disease pests. Propagate by seed or division in spring if desired.

For more information on planting, view our How to Plant Your Native Plants guide and other planting tips in the Garden for Wildlife Learning Center.

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*To ensure your plants arrive healthy, we may delay shipments to certain areas during times of extreme temperatures, natural disasters, or other conditions that will impact the plants during transit

Sizing: At the time of shipment, our plants have a developed root mass and emerging foliage around 4-8” high.

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