Muhlenbergia dumosa Patagonia Boesenbergia The grey asparagus-like shoots age

The grey asparagus-like shoots age to green as the 52" tall clumps reach toward the sky

our original plant had formed an 8' tall scraggly beanpole

but finding anything that flowers in the fall woodland is difficult

almost scarlet flowers are unlike other hardy hibiscus whose red flowers are usually based in the blue spectrum

bright scarlet-red flowers

Muhlenbergia dumosa Patagonia Boesenbergia The grey asparagus-like shoots ageOur 2026 Plant Delights JLBG introduction is a more winter hardy selection of the North American (US Mexico) native, bamboo muhly. Our first attempt was from a Yucca Do Mexican collection promoted by JC Raulston in the early 1990s, only to find it lacked any winter hardiness north of Zone 9. Decades later, plantsman Patrick McMillan collected this new, much hardier form, from the Patagonia Mountains in Arizona's Santa Cruz County, at over 4,000'