Bull Muhly Part Shade Big Bluestem

Big Bluestem

it doesn’t spread through rhizomes and can easily be grown from seed

The thin bark of the Texas Persimmon is a light gray to white shade

canyon maple

dark green leaves that emerge as yellow-green when new

Bull Muhly Part Shade Big BluestemMuhlenbergia emersleyi Bull Muhly is a clumping evergreen grass with a slightly coarse texture and long blue green leaves. Its showy loose, rosy purple flower spikes, which dry to a warm tan color as winter arrives, provide seed for birds. It is also a larval host plant for the Red Bordered Satyr Butterfly and the Large Roadside Skipper Butterfly. Not only is it drought tolerant; it also thrives in full sun, cozy heat reflected spots, and even in part