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Hakonechloa macra

Hakonechloa macra

Hakone Grass

Hakone Grass has graceful green foliage, like miniature bamboo. Soft, airy seedheads form in late summer. Fall and winter foliage color is tan. The tallest of the Hakonechloas, Andrew Bunting of the Chicago Botanic Garden describes it beautifully as "catching (the) wind and flow(ing) like a rolling wave."

PRN Preferred:  Vigorous but graceful, an excellent shade groundcover.

Height 24 Inches

Spread 24 Inches

Bloom Color Ivory/Buff

USDA Hardiness Zone 4

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