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P09. Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
Hakone grass (cultivar)
Hardiness: USDA Zones 5–9
Partial shade
Average soil
1–1½ feet tall
This award-winning perennial grass is a wonderful accent plant for the shade or woodland garden. It produces an elegant low mound of arching, linear, variegated foliage and is almost bamboolike in appearance. The leaves are bright yellow with narrow, longitudinal lime-green stripes, and they often develop a reddish tinge in the fall. From late summer to mid-autumn, the plant bears yellow-green flowers on loose, nodding panicles. Grow 'Aureola' in moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil and partial shade.
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