I love taking a drive and seeing beautiful houses matched with beautiful flowers, grasses, shrubs, and trees. Browsing through magazines full of brightly colored flowers and interesting looking shrubs has become a hobby of mine. Many people vote on who has the prettiest garden with the prettiest annual/perennials every year. Many have caught my eye and intrigued me. This year, a grass from Colorado State University's Plant Select 2014 Winner's List has caught my eye. It looks so soft and gentle; makes me feel at peace. Here's what they say on it.
UNDAUNTED® ruby muhly (Muhlenbergia reverchonii): This selection of long-lived grass was brought from the southern Great Plains by Lauren & Scott Ogden. Graceful fine-textured gray-green mounds are topped by clouds of tiny ruby flowers that glow brilliantly when backlit in autumn. Persistent winter beauty, superb in mass plantings; also for accents and erosion control. This plant is first in a series of UNDAUNTED® plants from the Ogdens. Plants are 15-18 inches tall; up to 30 inches in flower. Grows in full sun in moderate to dry conditions. Hardy to USDA zones 5-10. This plant is first in a series of UNDAUNTED® plants from the Ogdens.
Check out more winners on their site at
http://plantselect.org/2014/04/2014-plants-announced/