Plant Of The Week: Muhlenbergia dumosa

An interesting grass from southern Arizona and northern Mexico that looks like a dainty bamboo with its 4-6 feet tall light airy bright green foliage.This grass has fern-like leaves and a lacy texture giving it the Bamboo look. In late fall and into winter the foliage tips are decorated with masses of small flowers that give the plant a pale pinkish-green cast. The growth habit is upward to slightly arching. Although rhizomatous, it spreads slowly, is easily controlled and does not seed well. Plant in full sun and water occasionally. Drought resistant.