Hakonechloa macra 'Alboaurea'

Love it’s autumn colours #foliagefriday

@joanboston love the grass Joan, it looks like my hair on a good day. 🤣😂

Thanks Gwen😂 hope you are continuing to make progress @gwenniemom

Wow. Impressive

Looks fab! #autumncolour

Beautiful Joan ...such an mix of colours 👌😯

Love the fresh new growth on the hakenachloa

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#foliagefriday. Love this grass

@vec this is mine. It’s taken a few years to get it to this size

Looks lovely Joan 💛💚

#foliagefriday Carol Klein was dividing hers last night. Great programme

It was, I love her enthusiasm 😍

Haven’t watched it yet saving it until I can watch in peace- Carol’s my favourite🥰

You won’t be disappointed Elise @Auricula

#foliagefriday it’s taken several years but I’m very happy with this now

It's a beauty Joan 💚💚💚

Thanks Jane, I saw it in a pot in a friends garden and was determined to replicate it. Had a false start( it died😂) but tried again. So happy with it now @pelly

Very nice!

I bet, you deserve to be 💚

Wow

#variagated

This looks great! I find that mine grows insanely fast in full sun and insanely slow in shade, in fact it's kinda invasive in the sun!😳💘😍

That’s why mines in a large pot Shelley @ShelleySnyder

I understand that!😂💘😍

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Wow, that's looking great. Much better than mine that was split and moved last year. Hoping it will bulk up a bit now it should be settled!

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Second year, so pleased with this beautiful grass

Morning Joan, that’s great, I’m just starting to get into the grasses 💚💚

I have about six now. Some small but a couple of taller ones too. They give all year round interest and colour @pelly

Lovely. Mine dies off in winter. Do you protect your Hakone Grass during Winter. I am thinking of putting I a pot

I love these, mine are in their first year and have struggled with the dry weather. Have you been to see the national collection in trimdon?

@Shephes I over wintered it in the cold greenhouse in the pot. It got down to minus five! It died down completely but is three times the size it was last year

Hi Richard I didn’t know there is a national collection in Trimdon. Must look that up Thankyou @rbetts25

No problem at all! If you search hakonechloa on the rhs website, the details should come up. It’s in someone’s back garden and you have to make an appointment but they were really interesting to talk to and that is where I brought mine from.

That's what I'm aiming for Joan, I've got four now, two of which are waiting to be planted up. I've lost quite a few plants to this heat and I'm thinking a major overhaul of my beds is in order, so I don't want to plant anything new at the moment 🤔🤔

Thanks Joan. I think that is the way to go here. No -5 but a few nights at 0-2. It is worth it.