Pink Flamingos Muhly Muhlenbergia 'Pink Flamingos'

Pink Flamingos is a hybrid ornamental grass in the Poaceae family.  The parents of this grass are M. capillaris and  M. lindheimeri,  getting its taller and upright flowers like  M.lindheimeri but they are more plumy and pink like M. capillaris. It has narrow gray-green leaves and very showy, airy pink flowers that appear in the fall. It will make an attractive specimen or work well planted in masses or small groups in a landscape.  This ornamental grass is resistant to damage by deer, drought  and is heat tolerant.

VIDEO created by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee.