It looks to me to be Russian Sage...not at all rare in these parts of the
drier side of the Pacific Northwest.

HTH,

Deb


"FireBrick" wrote in message
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The homeowner doesn't speak English all the people I've asked do not know
the name of this beautiful purplish growth.
Tall, about 30" high, very dense and even deeper color in fall.

I think it's a grass, but searching the web has been unsuccessful.

here's the pic
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/w9ol/l...plegrass1.jpeg


I even went to one of the bigger surburban garden shops, and described it
to blank stares....

Only one home in the area has these...I'd like to be the second.

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