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Bull Grass

Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro'

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Overview

Muhlenbergia emersleyi 'El Toro,' commonly known as Bull Rush, is an ornamental grass featuring dense, fine-textured foliage and vigorous, upright growth. It reaches 4 to 6 feet in height and spreads approximately 3 to 5 feet wide. The deep green blades turn a stunning reddish hue in fall. Perfect for creating vertical accents in xeriscapes, it's also drought tolerant and thrives in full sun to partial shade in USDA zones 6 through 9.

Sun FullWater MediumZones 6–11Climate Arid
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — Muhlenbergia emersleyi 'El Toro,' commonly known as Bull Rush
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — Muhlenbergia emersleyi 'El Toro,' commonly known as Bull RushBull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — is an ornamental grass featuring denseBull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — fine-textured foliage and vigorousBull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — It reaches 4 to 6 feet in height and spreads approximately 3 to 5 feet wideBull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — Perfect for creating vertical accents in xeriscapesBull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — it's also drought tolerant and thrives in full sun to partial shade in USDA zones 6 through 9+5

Culture

Sun
Full
Water
Medium
USDA zones
6–11

Shape & size

Classification

Family
Poaceae
Climate
Arid

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Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — The deep green blades turn a stunning reddish hue in fall
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — Muhlenbergia emersleyi 'El Toro,' commonly known as Bull Rush
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — is an ornamental grass featuring dense
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — fine-textured foliage and vigorous
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — It reaches 4 to 6 feet in height and spreads approximately 3 to 5 feet wide
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — Perfect for creating vertical accents in xeriscapes
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — it's also drought tolerant and thrives in full sun to partial shade in USDA zones 6 through 9
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — commonly referred to as Bull Rush
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — This perennial showcases dense clumps of narrow
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — deep green leaves that grow to an average height of approximately 3 to 4 feet with a similar spread
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — the Bull Rush truly lives up to its name
Bull Grass (Muhlenbergia Emersleyi 'El Toro') — heralding spectacular flower spikes that can reach heights of up to 5 feet

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