Ruby Muhly Grass - Seedheads Emerge In First Summer - September 2024

Last Fall - as part of my #FallPlanting sprint, I dug in three Ruby Muhly Grasses right at the edge of the boardwalk (that I installed last season).  I bought them in Late Fall - when they were on an end-of-the-season sale at The Growing Place and were container-bound.   This is an area of Full Sun during the hot part of the day and despite not baby'ing these, they seem to have done just fine this year. 

I last posted about them in mid-August; about five weeks ago.  At that point, they were all blades.  A blue-grey thin, whispy set of blades of grass that sort of splayed from side-to-side.  But, at that point, no seedheads. 

And...the seedheads of Ruby Muhly Grass - Muhlenbergia reverchonii 'Undaunted' - which I think are called "panicles" are the real star of these grasses.  

These went in as quart-sized grasses, so they still need some time to mature, but have a look below at what they look like right now.  They're showing off their first seed heads:

While these are still small, they're doing their job:  hiding the end of the boardwalk.  

But, these need more room with a bed extension - something I can do this Fall or next Spring.