Muhly Grass
The muhly grass is so lovely now with the morning sun behind it.
There’s no saying which species this is. It’s a native one that blazes on the sand dunes in fall, but there are 500 or so species and nobody knows them all. It is also the “sweet grass,” used to make sweetgrass baskets, which is becoming rare in the wild.
The butterfly gingers are still in flower on the right. (We’ve had a mild fall with only one non-killing frost.) Agapanthus in front. To the left is the baby Tung oil tree (Aleurites fordii) which is just beginning to lose its leaves.
We’re selling the house and I am so happy that it is going to a very enthusiastic gardener. I was unhappy at the thought of someone bulldozing all my treasures!
That is such a beautiful picture! Grass blooms indeed look stunning.
Comment by Kanak — November 11, 2008 @ 8:26 am
It’s good to hear from you again, Karen. Lucky you to have sold your house to another gardener. Are you staying in Savannah, and do you plan to start another garden?
We recently moved too, but we’ve not been so lucky as to find a buyer for our old house yet. So I’m still taking care of Green Hall Garden as well as starting a new one. Send good house-selling vibes our way, OK?
Comment by Pam/Digging — November 11, 2008 @ 6:03 pm
Wow, that’s a gorgeous muhly! I’ve tried growing the Austin version, gulf muhly, but with no luck. When the sun gets behind it, the effect is just magical.
Comment by Lori — November 12, 2008 @ 4:37 am
Oh, Pam, I DO send house-selling vibes your way. Yours is a most desirable, lovely house and garden. I shan’t believe our house is sold until we close in January!
We are leaving Savannah and moving back to upstate New York, where most of the family lives. I feel the urge to start growing food again, so we are planning a huge vegetable garden, chickens, ducks, etc.
I shall miss this Savannah garden very much.
Comment by karen — November 14, 2008 @ 7:48 am
Lori, I don’t have any advice for you because your soil is so different. The muhlys I know here all grow in essentially nothing but sand. They hate a good loam! There are also some that like damp spots, but not caliche as far as I know!
Comment by karen — November 14, 2008 @ 7:50 am
I wondered what you’d been up to, Karen - sounds like a major lifestyle change, but also sounds as if you’ll never have to worry about being bored. Have fun with family, food and poultry!
Good luck - and the muhly is beautiful.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Comment by Annie in Austin — November 19, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
Thank you so much, Annie. I must say I have the urge to continue blogging from New York, but I think it will be a while before I am sufficiently organized to find the time!
Comment by karen — November 25, 2008 @ 7:53 am