How to Grow and Care for Hakone grass

Hakone grass (Hakonechloa macra) is also called "Japanese Forest Grass." It's an ornamental grass that loves moist and shady places to grow. Hakone grass grows in a dense mound and grows up to 61 cm tall. It provides ground cover in shaded areas.

Hakone grass 'Albovariegata' is a Hakone grass cultivar with impressive sword-like green leaves that feature distinctive creamy-white margins, which distinguish it from the parent plant whose leaves are solid green. It is an extremely popular variegated cultivar that carries the name after its prominent variegations: "albo" means white and "variegata" means "irregularly colored, blotched".

Hakone grass 'Aureola' is a Japanese Hakone grass with characteristic variegated green and yellow blades. This cultivar is noted for its golden-yellow color that darkens to a deeper orange color in fall. Its name refers to a halo or aura of surrounding brightness since Hakone grass is famed for seeming to glow under the diffuse sunlight of dawn and dusk.

The hakone grass 'All Gold' is a species of Japanese forest grass. Its name is derived from its appearance, as its blades are bright yellow. It becomes a pink color in the autumn and then a golden brown in the winter. Against the beauty of this grass, its flowers are rarely noticed. It is an ornamental grass chosen for its beauty.

The hakone grass ' Aureola' is a species of Hakone grass. This cultivar is also known as Japanese forest grass. It is a variety of ornamental grass that has yellowy-green flowers. Its yellow-colored leaves change tones depending on how much sunlight it gets. All this golden color inspired the name; Aureola refers to gold.