Muhlenbergia dumosa Patagonia Boesenbergia bright scarlet-red flowers

bright scarlet-red flowers

Virtually every North American native Asarum arifolium forms a tight clump

but finding anything that flowers in the fall woodland is difficult

damp areas

so these must be avoided

Muhlenbergia dumosa Patagonia Boesenbergia bright scarlet-red flowersOur 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'