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Rating neutral as new in my garden. Have always listed after it.
Several years ago I planted a few of these in a shade bed and most died. That bed was never watered, just got rain. A year later I move...Read More
I love hakonechloa grass. I grow two kinds, macra aureola (the one with the white stripes) and macra "All Gold." The All Gold grows fast...Read More
We've grown Hakonechloa Aureola for many years with great success. But a consistent problem has been older plants reverting to solid gree...Read More
Zone 4B/5A. I planted 3 Aureola's last fall and all survived a cold MN winter. I'd read they grow slowly so I was pleasantly surprised ...Read More
I find that this grass grows faster and bigger in full sun. I live in Canada (approximately US Zone 5) so are summers aren't overly hot. ...Read More
I live on Vancouver Island up in Canada, where we have a mild temperate climate. This particular grass is gorgeous in the shade. Like oth...Read More
A wonderful mounding grass, very useful for part to full shade.
'Aureola' stays much lower than the all-green species, ge...Read More
I have two clumps of Hakonechloa grass in my zone 6 PA garden.
It has taken many years for it to look full and vigorous. ...Read More
Forms a beautiful clump. Blooms June-July in my garden.
Japanese forest grass grows well in Vermont (officially, our garden is either USDA zone 4b or 4a, but we do not remember the last time th...Read More
After admiring and unable to find this plant for many years, I found it while visiting my daughter in Tacoma Washington. It is not avai...Read More
wish they'd update the zone info on this plant. It is clearly hardy to zone 5a for many of us. karen ( 5a)
This is one of my favorite plants in my shade garden. It also does well in the sun because my former shade area turned sunny when we rem...Read More
Sounds great, but is it deer and rabbit resistant?
Hakonechloa is a wonderful plant, but in a frost-free, snow-free area like Southern California, I believe it's wise to place it so that i...Read More
Here in Zone 9 it must be in part shade. Beautiful all summer long, but goes so dormant in winter I thought it was dead. Slow growing, bu...Read More
This plant was dug up, stomped on and then replanted by an electrician burying some wiring. I thought it was a goner. I was shocked to se...Read More
Beautiful against rock walls. My quart sized plants have doubled in one season and look great, but can anyone tell me why it is so expen...Read More
I have had this plant for about a year now. Picked it up after seeing a bigger one at a local nursery. I agree that it is a slow grower w...Read More
Plant in fertile, compost rich soil, well drained soil in full sun. Grows well in containers. It is a relatively slow grower. It does n...Read More
This plant is wonderful with bright yellow leaves and green stripes. It arches downward and brightens the shade garden immensely. In au...Read More
I first fell in love with this plant after seeing it growing in a community garden in NYC under high shade. It looked like a glowing wat...Read More
Great groundcover in shady area. Grows in clumps that dance in the lightest breeze. Plant dies down in the winter and comes back in the...Read More