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Lindheimer’s Legacy

Looking absolutely ravishing in the October garden is the Texas/Mexico native Lindheimer’s Muhly, Muhlenbergia lindheimeri. Named after the Father of Texas Botany, German immigrant, Ferdinand Lindheimer (1801-1879), this amazing ornamental grass does its namesake proud. The 3′ tall x 5′ wide semi-evergreen clump of thin, glaucous-green foliage is topped with rigid plumes to 6′ tall

Lindheimer’s Muhly

One of our all time favorite ornamental grasses graces us with its stunning display of plumes each year, starting in mid-October. Lindheimer’s Muhly (pronounced mulee) grass hails from central Texas (Edwards Plateau) south to northern Mexico, where it’s found growing on alkaline oak savannahs. Its specific epithet commemorates the Father of Texas Botany, German immigrant,

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