Hakonechloa Macra Hakone Grasses - Summer 2024 - June 2024

Late Summer 2021, I planted the first three Hakonechloa Macra Grasses (the standard, green ones) from Northwind Perennial Farm in the border right around our tree swing tree.  I had some All Golds in the ground prior to 2021, but I read about the green ones online and when I saw them, I bought them as one-gallon nursery pots.  The All Gold variety have been slow growers (for me), so I wasn't sure what these would do when they matured.  I documented them in their first Spring (May 2022) and then one year after planting (August 2022) - when they had put on some growth.

Last Summer, I added four more (behind the tree) and this Spring, I moved them (a garden edit) to sit next to the three original ones on the border.  Those four are two seasons behind and the move set them back with a little transplant stress.  But the three original?  They're starting to fill out the space and REALLY shine in the garden.  

Below is a look at the three original Japanese Forest Grasses in our backyard:

As part of this garden edit, I talked about being drawn to mass plantings.  As part of that notion, I moved a bunch of ferns and groundcover that was planted to the West of these three grasses.  What did I have in mind?  Six more of these.  Next time I go to Northwind, I'll come home with them (I hope).