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Pink Muhly Grass – Cotton Candy Grass – 6 Pack Of 1 Gallon Pots
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Pink Muhly GrassÂ
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Other Names: Cotton Candy Grass, Purple Muhly Grass, Florida Muhly Grass, Texas Muhly Grass
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones:  6a-10b  Find Your Zone
Plant Type:Â Ornamental Grass
Height at Maturity:Â 2-3′
Width at Maturity:Â 3′
Spacing:Â 2.5-3′ for hedges or mass plantings; 6’+ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form:Â Arching, Clumping, Dense, Upright, Vase/Fountain Shape
Growth Rate:Â Moderate to Fast
Sun Needs:Â Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs:Â Â Average, very low when established
Soil Type:Â Amended Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt, prefers sandy soils
Soil Drainage:Â Well Drained
Soil pH:Â 5.5 – 7.0
Flower Color:Â Â Pinkish-Purple
Flower Type:Â Â Plumes
Flowering Period:Â Â Late Summer, Early Fall, Mid-Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter (in warmer climates)
Foliage Color:Â Deep Green
Fragrant Foliage:Â No
Attracts:Â Visual Attention, Birds
Resistances:Â Deer, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Salt
Maintenance / Care:Â Very Low
How To Plant & Care For Muhly Grass
Description
An absolutely showstopping source of late-season color when other flowering plants are winding down for the season, Pink Muhly Grass, commonly called “cotton candy grass” or Purple Muhly Grass or Cotton Candy Grass by some folks, is a very tough and exceptionally easy-to-grow North American native grass immensely popular for the profuse and beautiful clouds of airy pinkish-purple flowers it produces over a long period from late summer through fall.Â
The outstanding attributes don’t stop with the flowers. Throughout the warm season, Muhly Grass forms attractive arching mounds of glossy, hair-like green leaves that provide a unique, wispy texture in the landscape which contrasts remarkably well with many other types of plants. Excellent as an accent and truly stunning in groupings or massed.Â
You might also be happy to know that Muhly Grass is very easy to grow and low maintenance. When established it is exceptionally drought tolerant, requiring little if any supplemental water. The foliage can be cut back to an inch or two above the ground in late winter before new growth begins to emerge.
Muhly Grass is our top selling ornamental grass for good reasons, and deserves a spot in every garden where it will grow!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in a clump 2 to 3 feet tall and 3 feet wide, Pink Muhly Grass is ideal for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces or in small to large groupings in home foundation plantings and landscape borders. Truly stunning in bloom in mass plantings on embankments, hillsides and slopes, where its roots act as a soil stabilizer for erosion control. Makes a nice centerpiece in combination container gardens and is a fine addition to seaside gardens, rock gardens, ornamental grass gardens and the Xeriscape (low water need). A lovely display for any sunny spot!
Suggested Spacing:Â 2.5 to 3 feet apart for solid borders or mass plantings; 6 feet or more apart for space between plants
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Note:Â Â For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a, where Pink Muhly Grass is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Pink Muhly Grass is exceptionally easy to grow and maintain. It is exceptionally resistant to heat, humidity, sun, salt, and drought. Make sure to plant it in very well-drained soil. Add sand and or small gravel to the planting mix if necessary to ensure good drainage. It appreciates pampering the first year with adequate food and water to get its root system established. After this, it takes off on its own and is exceptionally drought-tolerant when established. Full sun is preferred for best flowering however the plant will tolerate and still flower with some light shade. we suggest at least 6 hours of direct sunlight for best flowering. If necessary, cut back foliage to ground in late winter before new growth begins to emerge in spring. It is also quite salt tolerant, making it an excellent choice for gardens near the sea.
Helpful Articles
Click on the link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Muhly Grass.
How To Plant & Care For Muhly Grass
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Thank you for the swift delivery… the plants were packed with extreme care and arrived moist and ready to plant. I have them in the ground and after the recent rain they are setting in nicely. looking forward to watching them go pink later in the summer.———————————————————-Thanks for the kind words and awesome review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Arrived in great shape. Care was given to packing. Very happy.———————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy your purchase for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Came well packaged.
Big specimens
Can’t wait to see the fall color———————————————Thanks for the wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Big specimens
Can’t wait to see the fall color———————————————Thanks for the wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
My order of 18 pots of Pink Muhly Grass shipped faster than I thought – I tried to delay delivery because we were headed out of town for a couple of days, but that apparently did not work. Luckily we found the boxes when we stopped by home again just before leaving. Everything was packed very well – no damage to the grass, which looks healthy so far. Planted just over a week ago and hoping to get that gorgeous pink fluff by end of summer!———————————————Thanks for the wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
This is my second purchase from WilsonBrosGardens. I am so pleased with these Muhly grasses and the previous shrubs ordered. The packaging is precise and the plants arrive in great shape, quickly. We have numerous garden centers within a 50 mile radius, but frequently they don’t have what I want. In this instance our landscaper could find what I needed. A great resource.———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
We live in a remote area with no local plant and shrubbery shopping. Wilson Bros was recommended to us by a neighbor in the area, and y’all really delivered! We ordered 6 – 1 gal grasses. They arrived to our doorstep in under a week and were packaged so well there wasn’t a speck of dirt inside the shipping container. And the plants were healthy and beautiful. We planted them that day and decided to order 6 more to extend the bed. We are so delighted with the plants. They’ve been in the ground for about 3 weeks and we can already see growth!! Thank. You for your excellent product and wonderful service.——————————————–You are so welcome! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I have Loved Pink Candy Grass since the first time I saw it years ago. Just purchased
6 of the 1 gallon ones to go in the new terrace area we are building at the driveway to
help with erosion. they came well packed . Looking forward to Fall blooming.————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
6 of the 1 gallon ones to go in the new terrace area we are building at the driveway to
help with erosion. they came well packed . Looking forward to Fall blooming.————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
My yard is primarily based on native grasses and pollinator plants. I bought the pink muhly grass to expand the selection. I have not yet planted them but they arrived very well packaged and looking healthy. I look forward to their future growth. Wilson Brothers gardens are my primary go to online nursery. They never disappoint.————————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I bought these now because they were on sale for a property in North Carolina with steep banks the continues to erode. I had seen grass as planted on the Oceanside on Nantucket for erosion so thought I would try this well. They arrived in gallon pots with great growth and frankly big enough to divide next year. I did temporary plantings for now because it was getting late in the season to place them. For what I paid for them and the size that they came in and the shape that they came in I am very impressed and I believe that this will be my new go to source for plants.——————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG–
They are very healthy-looking plants when they arrived. Hopefully they will look as good next spring. Very impressed with the size, quality and speed of delivery of the plants I’ve ordered from Wilson Bros.——————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
First experience with this Muhly grass but confindent they will be beuatiful.—————————————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Wilson Bros is now my first thought for buying plants and I’ve highly recommended them to friends and family!
I ordered 2 six-packs of 1-gallon pink muhly grass, which arrived to Cleveland two days after I placed the order. Packaged well and the grasses looked full and healthy upon arrival. Planted them that day, and they have been thriving ever since, growing ~4+ inches in the two weeks they’ve been in.——————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I ordered 2 six-packs of 1-gallon pink muhly grass, which arrived to Cleveland two days after I placed the order. Packaged well and the grasses looked full and healthy upon arrival. Planted them that day, and they have been thriving ever since, growing ~4+ inches in the two weeks they’ve been in.——————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Hi, I just ordered some plants from you and plan to order more! The lovely and knowledgeable lady Sunny who answered your phone when I called—your computers were down—was helpful and most pleasant. She obviously knows her plants and we had a good chat about my selected items. She made my experience great! She is an asset to your company. Looking forward to my deliveries.—————————————————-Sunny is awesome! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Grass came quickly and in good shape. Soil still moist. Well developed.—————————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Hi Again. This is Merribeth Cox. I was so impressed with the tree, let alone your care and communication with me, I ordered more stuff!! As you can see from my orders…12 @1gal and 2@3 gal of the Muhly Pink Grass. Can’t wait!——————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Muhly grass arrived very well packaged and in excellent condition. Two weeks after planting the grass has shown noticeable growth and is very healthy. As always delivery was very quick. I am very satisfied with Wilson Brothers plants and service.———————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
This was first time ordering from Wilson Bros and am quite pleased. My first order included 6 one gallon Pink Muhly and 1 Bi-color Butterfly Bush (shipped separately). All arrived in perfect condition and so far doing quite well. I like being able to get one and three gallon sizes as many plants I want are not available locally.——————————————Thanks so much for the photo! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
As always, well packaged, beautiful plants. Can’t wait to watch them grow!————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and awesome review! Beth | WBG 🙂
The packages of Pink Muhly grass were delayed a bit by Fed Ex. The packaging and preparation by Wilson brothers was very robust and despite the delay the plants were still moist and healthy. I am looking forward to my first bloom.——————————————-So sorry for the delay, but happy they arrived in good condition. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Happy overall———————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
These were stuck in shipping delays (no fault of Wilson Bros) with six other plants I ordered. They arrived very dry and seemingly dead, and the customer service folks were immediately responsive on what steps to take to see if they could be revived. I’ve cut them back and finally gotten them in the ground, so will just have to wait and see if they come back or if they need to be replaced. Appreciated the help and feedback from Wilson Bros. to my emails/photos.—————————————Hopefully they will recover, keep us posted. Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
I had ordered 30 One gallon size containers of the cotton candy grasses. They were shipped the next day after ordering them. The were very carefully packaged with a water paper towel at the top of each plant and taped. The soil was still moist when received. The plants were healthy I got them planted and they all lived. Can’t wait till the get bigger and turn pink in the fall.——————————————-Thanks for the photo! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Plants arrived timely and healthy. Thank you.————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
These beauties arrived in November so I’ll have to wait until spring before they start showing off. They arrived very well-packaged with damp soil and looking very healthy. Thank you!—————————–Thanks so much for your review. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. 🙂 – Beth | WBG
Hello! I received my beautiful grey owl juniper and cotton candy muhly grasses. I plan to use them as foundation plantings.————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I want to add a bit of movement in our wild meadow and color interest in the colder seasons. I ordered six of this grass and planted them with enough space in between for them to be wide while creating a long line of pink. Looking forward to when they change hues.———————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Beautiful packing, but smashed box. These are growing well.————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! We wish we could do the delivering too…sorry about the smashed box. Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
This is my first time ordering plants online. I can’t tell you how impress I am with the quality and timing of delivery. I am all about originality and WBG is a class above everyone else. This is my go-to website moving forward.——————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Very happy with the whole order process, how the plants were shipped and the health of the plants. Would definitely order again from Wilson Bros.—————————Thanks for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG
I ordered 6 one gallon pots of Pink Muhly Grass and was very pleased with the size and health of the plants when they arrived. The box they arrived in was clearly marked ‘live plants’ and each plant was carefully wrapped and had moisture laden material on top of the soil to ensure the plants stayed healthy during shipment. All six of my plants are growing nicely after they were transplanted. I would definitely purchase from Wilson Bros Gardens again.——————————————Thanks for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG
Hi, I got the grass and planted. All looked so healthy. I also got all bushes and hope to plant soon after making healthy place for them. Very happy with your service and beautiful plants!!! Thankyou!—————————-We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG
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