Re: Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Hello Japanese woodland grass fans...
Of which I am one! I have been growing several cultivars of Hakonechloa for some years now in my garden. While in Madison, Wisc. I saw it growing in almost every garden I visited. Much more cold hardy than generally listed in literature. Cyndi, the grass will take quite a bit of dry after being established, but it will not take a try desert environment. Some cultivars will take more light than others, but all do best in bright open shade. Aureola is probably the slowest growing of the cultivars. No one considers the species and I truly like that one. It was my first, a gift from a friend years back. Now a flowing clump at a junction of two paths in raised bed with hypertufa trough. Seeds are not produced until very late in the season. Trying to remember exactly when, believe it was in October, November. At that point one could give it a bit of a haircut in need be.
My grasses are growing on the side of a hill where they can flow.... especially love them with limestone rocks.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana

----- Original Message ----- From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center" <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
Cyndi, I'm pretty sure we have that in one of our display gardens.
Unfortunately, the MGs in that garden also planted another plant (name I
can't recall) that is verrrrrry similar in appearance. One is stil growing
there, but I've never figured out which it is. This was done before I
joined and the current MGs in that garden have made no effort to figure it
out.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
I'd like to know if anyone is growing this type of grass at all, I have

been
drooling over the more common version thinking I'd put it in my
psuedo-Japanese garden, but I don't know if it will handle the heat and
dryness.
Cyndi
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Subject: [CHAT] Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
I've been looking through catalogs and came across this plant (Hakonechloa
macra 'Aureola') and I thought it would be lovely by the pond. However,
since I have grass pollen allergies I wondered whether this type of grass
would pose a problem. Anyone out there with allergies try this one?
Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
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