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Hosta 'Striptease', Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold', Acer palmatum 'Kamagata'


Hosta 'Striptease', Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold', Acer palmatum 'Kamagata'



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Wow...! What an awesome plant combination ! I'd LOVE to have some Hakonechloa grass. Did you find it at a local nursery, or did you have to mail order it ? I've never seen it for sale around here. They say it is a very slow grower, so I can imagine a clump this size would cost a small fortune, that's probably why I've never seen it for sale at my local hardware store garden center.

10 Jul, 2008

 

Hi Flcrazy, thanks for the nice comments. I got the H. m. 'All Gold' early Spring '07 for $14.99 USD. They came in "trade gallon" containers which are actually .74 gallons or 3.36 liters. They were small when I got them but they increased surprisingly quickly. I find that 'All Gold' grows faster and breaks dormancy more quickly in the Spring than 'Aureola' which is the more commonly seen golden striped cultivar. There is also a newer cultivar that I'm trying this year called 'Stripe it Rich' which looks like 'All Gold' but has a white stripe down the center. We'll see how it performs. Thanks, Dan

10 Jul, 2008

 

Thanks for the info Dan, looks like 'all gold' is the one for me then ! I have very poor soil, and the 'auroela' would probably take the rest of my life to increase into a healthy looking clump, and I'm just not that patient anymore, to tell you the truth...lol. Can't wait to see how the 'stripe it rich' does, it sounds gorgeous.

11 Jul, 2008



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