Pink Flamingos Muhly Muhlenbergia 'Pink Flamingos'
- Phonetic Spelling
- mew-len-BERG-gee-uh
- Description
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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.
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- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Xeric Garden
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Muhlenbergia
- Family:
- Poaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Dimensions:
- Height: 4 ft. 0 in. - 5 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 2 ft. 0 in. - 3 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
- Habit/Form:
- Clumping
- Erect
- Rounded
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Available Space To Plant:
- 12 inches-3 feet
- 3 feet-6 feet
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6a, 6b, 7b, 7a, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10b, 10a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Caryopsis
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Pink
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Long Bloom Season
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Winter
- Flower Description:
- Feathery flowers
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Gray/Silver
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Rosulate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Narrow thin gray-green leaves
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Small Space
- Walkways
- Landscape Theme:
- Drought Tolerant Garden
- Design Feature:
- Accent
- Mass Planting
- Specimen
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Drought
- Dry Soil
- Heat