RE: Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Donna, I used to take Rhinocort too and you are right, it worked so very
well.  For a while, I could forget about being an allergic person (well,
except for contact and food allergies.)  I used the inhaler version and when
they switched me to the spray, I started having nose bleeds.  The
alternatives DO NOT work as well.  I wish there were something that did!
Let me know if you find anything that works for you.

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:05 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

hum... so where do I fit in... my 'scratch' test
showed I was allergic to grass pollen... not the grass
itself or something like that. (been years since I had
that done)

Do know I have to stay in the house for a week or two
in the spring and fall or it 'gets me'. Any other time
I am just fine out there and can have my nose into
everything.

My allergist used to give me something called
rhinocort, which worked great, then they took the
spray version off the market... sigh, the replacement
drug just isn't the same.

Now they discontinues maxair... geesh... they are out
to get me!

Donna

--- Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> wrote:

> DH (the allergist) tells me that while a few people
> are allergic to  
> only one grass (example: corn pollen here in the
> midwest), and some  
> are allergic to all grasses, most are allergic to
> either warm season  
> grasses or cool season grasses. My guess is that
> Hakonechloa is a  
> warm season grass, given that it flowers in late
> summer. On the other  
> hand, since it is a genus of one species, perhaps
> people in North  
> America have not become sensitized to it. I'd
> recommend that you try  
> it. If you are really sensitive to grasses, use a
> mask when it is in  
> flower, and shower after you work in the yard.
> 
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> 
> On Jan 12, 2006, at 12:39 PM, Bonnie & Bill Morgan
> wrote:
> 
> > 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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