Fluff
Fluff-having a very soft, light or frothy appearance.
-Light down or fuzz, like feathers on a young bird, suggested for your viewing pleasure by the lavender Conoclinium (Eupatorium) coelestinum.
-To make something appear lighter or fuller, like fluffing a pillow. One could stuff a pillow with the seedheads of the very aggressive Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Moudry’.
-Seedheads on some flowers or grasses, like the yellow aster, Heterotheca villosa ‘Ruth Baumgardner’.
-A soft, light downy mass, like clouds or spiderwebs.
-Pink muhly grass, Muhlenbergia capillaris….
-…. and dog fennel, Eupatorium capillifolium, click here for more info about it. Note the similar species names, from the Latin capillaris = hair-like, meaning finely textured. They are the very definintion of fluff in garden-speak.
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Frances
Your FLUFF is absolutely Beautiful!
Smiles, Cyndi
Cyndi said this on October 24, 2012 at 5:18 am |
Your garden is looking quite fluffy right now.
Lisa at Greenbow said this on October 24, 2012 at 6:26 am |
I love that pink grass, wish I could grow it here! I tried the purple love grass, never turned color.
Eileen
Gatsbys Gardens said this on October 24, 2012 at 6:58 am |
Frances, I love your garden fluff! It’s beautiful and perfect for Wildflower Wednesday! xoxogail
gail said this on October 24, 2012 at 7:48 am |
Nothing like a little light fluff to finish off a very satisfying meal! So, that is the dog fennel growing on either side of your shed? …what an enchanting look for the end of the season.
michaele anderson (@meander1) said this on October 24, 2012 at 8:21 am |
You´ve got some great fluff there / Kram
gittan said this on October 24, 2012 at 8:24 am |
Hi Frances, I’m a new reader and I just wanted to say that your blog is truly wonderful. I love everything about it–your pictures, your writing style, your garden, even the name! I spent yesterday afternoon reading your fairy pages. I was in heaven.
Leslie said this on October 24, 2012 at 9:48 am |
Your grasses are adding a lot of texture to the garden right now, in addition to that soft colour.
Northern Shade said this on October 24, 2012 at 9:52 am |
Just beautiful, Frances. Wish I had a place for that divine muhly grass.
georgiafromga1 said this on October 24, 2012 at 10:00 am |
A lot of fluff in a gorgeous garden.
Lola said this on October 24, 2012 at 10:02 am |
Beautiful
kwgarden@gmail.com said this on October 24, 2012 at 10:06 am |
I am so enthrallled with the pinl grass…It makes quite a statement……pretty in pink
sharon said this on October 24, 2012 at 10:08 am |
So. P. alopecuroides ‘Moudry’ is very aggressive. Maybe I do or don’t want it here. I love your fluffy plants Faire.
Dee said this on October 24, 2012 at 10:46 am |
I love how you organize so many of your posts by a topic that covers many plants, and even spider webs! It is a fluffy time of year. Clematis seedheads are also fluffy.
Kathy from Cold Climate Gardening said this on October 24, 2012 at 11:54 am |
Love the dog fennel! I had never heard of it before.
College Gardener said this on October 24, 2012 at 12:00 pm |
I like a bit of fluff and I really like that purpley grass which I must now look up
patientgardener said this on October 24, 2012 at 1:33 pm |
Wow, that dog fennel! Fall is indeed the season for fluff in the garden,.
gardeninacity said this on October 24, 2012 at 4:36 pm |
You’ve made a believer of me–Fluff is beautiful! Love the photo of the Muhly in front of your garden shed, but everything is glowing in your photos–you capture the light so well.
Rose said this on October 24, 2012 at 6:53 pm |
Fluff is good!
indygardener said this on October 24, 2012 at 7:30 pm |
Oh, that Muhly!
Cindy, MCOK said this on October 25, 2012 at 9:43 am |