Re: Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

Well, in my garden, it's a very sparse flower-er and you could easily
see the spikes starting up and cut them off - not all that attractive
IMO anyway.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
Shadyside Garden Designs
> 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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