Autumn morning walk with Stella at the UC Davis Arboretum
Even though our current daytime temperatures might trick you into thinking it’s early or late summer, the warmth and angle of the light don’t lie: Fall is here. Other harbingers of the season include flowering muhly grasses and autumn sages. I saw plenty of them this morning on my walk with our dog Stella at the UC Davis Arboretum . Even though Stella didn’t really understand why I wanted to stop so often, she was a good sport and let me take the pictures you see in this post. There are plenty of Muhlenbergia grasses at the Arboretum, especially the native deer grass ( Muhlenbergia rigens ), but the real star right now is the muhly grass ( Muhlenbergia reverchonii ‘Undaunted’). When in full bloom, its airy flower stalks look like a mist of water frozen in mid-spray. Muhlenbergia reverchonii ‘Undaunted’ and Muhlenbergia rigens (back) Muhly grass looks particularly nice... ...when combined with autumn sages ( Salvia greggii ) I love the water mist effect More vigorous bloomers: Baja ...