RE: Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

I think those of us who grow Hakonechloa should start a fan club.  We're
all obviously smitten with this grass - rivals Muhlenbergia as my
personal favorite.

Lynda 
Zone 7 - West TN

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Gene Bush
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 6:00 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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