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Japanese Forest Grass in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Hakonechloa

 

Japanese Forest Grass

A clump forming grass which is compact, with typical grass-like arching leaves. This grass is avaiable in a variety of colours including bright yellow with green stripes, bright yellow, mid green with an orange tinge turning red in autumn, green and yellow striped and green turning red/orange.

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plant Features
  • Japanese Forest Grass likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Japanese Forest Grass likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Japanese Forest Grass is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Japanese Forest Grass likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Japanese Forest Grass

Latin name

Hakonechloa

type

Grass

family

Poaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Japanese Forest Grass likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Japanese Forest Grass is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Japanese Forest Grass likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Japanese Forest Grass likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Japanese Forest Grass is 0.50meters x 0.50meters 0.50 M 0.50 M

Hakonechloa

A clump forming grass which is compact, with typical grass-like arching leaves. This grass is avaiable in a variety of colours including bright yellow with green stripes, bright yellow, mid green with an orange tinge turning red in autumn, green and yellow striped and green turning red/orange.


Planting Outdoors spring

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Plant out container grown plants.

 

Planting Outdoors autumn

From Early Autumn TO Late Autumn

Plant out container grown plants.

 
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