Re: Hakonechloa
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- Subject: Re: Hakonechloa
- From: b*@wycol.com
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:11:02 -0400
>
> I don't know, Janet. So far I have tried more compost and moving to a
> more moist soil but still it only stays close to the originial size.
> And then I bought another plant and so the story goes.
>
> Nancy East Tennessee
I've had this plant in the same spot for 6 years, and this is the first
year I've noticed significant spreading. The clump has steadily been
increasing v-e-r-y slowly, but now there are stolons a few inches away from
the main clump. It simply requires patience. LOT'S of patience. One
thing you never want to do with this plant is to divide and spread it out,
as you might with other grasses. A few of my friends have done that and
regretted it; especially when I bust out laughing at the horror of the end
result.
That said, Hakonechloa is solidly in the Top Ten of my All Time,
Can't-Live-Without plants. Perhaps it's stubborness to spread is part of
it's mystique. I underplanted mine with Viola labradorica and it's an
exquisite combination(I rarely use the word 'exquisite', btw).
keith, wny, zone 5
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