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Buy Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'

Also Known As

All Gold Hakone Grass
All Gold Japanese Forest Grass
All Gold Urahagusa
FOREST GRASS

Plant type

perennial, groundcover, grass / grass like

size

H: 15"-18"
W: 24"-48"

planting zones

5a-10b

3" pot | $12

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Fewer than 20 at Secret Garden Growers

1 gallon | $25

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#1 Container | $19.99

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#3 Container | $64.99

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Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' plant details

Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' is a slow-growing deciduous perennial groundcover grass (or grassy in appearance) with chartreuse and gold foliage. In fall and summer tan flowers emerge. Features grassy texture. Grows well with bright shade - shade and even moisture - occasional water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something humidity tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'

Plant type: perennial groundcover grass (or grassy in appearance)
Plant family: poaceae
Foliage: deciduous chartreuse and gold
Mature size: 24 IN - 48 IN - wide, 15 IN - 18 IN - tall
Flowers: tan blooms in fall and summer
Uses: clumping, container plant, ornamental, rock garden, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'

USDA Zones: 5a - 10b
Sun exposure: bright shade - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - occasional
Resistant to: deer, humidity and verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Brilliantly gold, the leaves of this spectacular Japanese selection are also more upright and spiky than the species. This luminously bright grass is a real eye-catcher whether planted in masses, in the border or in a container! Foliage is golden in sun and more chartreuse in shady locations. S-PSh/M

By: Forestfarm

Finally! Our favorite Japanese Forest Grass in PURE GOLD!! Light my fire! This fine clumping grass needs at least a half day sun for the best color. Deciduous. Eventually 1' tall and 3' wide. Great choice for that perfect container. This grass has mucho class!

By: Secret Garden Growers

Enjoy a profusion of blooms all summer long with this drought and heat tolerant perennial! Airy masses of soft-pink flowers emerge above the compact green foliage. A wonderful choice to attract butterflies to containers, sunny mixed borders, or rock gardens.

By: Noname Nursery

The typical Japanese forest grass is a green plant 12" tall. We have had several variegated forms for years including the fabulous H. macra 'Aureola'. Now comes this beautiful all gold form. The plant still gets 12" tall, but has fully golden narrow grassy leaves. An excellent addition to the woodland garden.

By: Gossler Farms

Zn 5. Gleaming yellow foliage. Slow Grower.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

Hakonechloa 'All Gold' has completely chartreuse-gold leaves. This cascading foliage resembles falling water which makes it marvelous beside a pond or tumbling out of shade borders. Try combining with darker foliage like burgundy heucheras for a WOW! effect in your shade garden.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Brighter and more upright then other forms, this grass is sure to bring an eye-catching interest to any shady garden spot. While it spreads by runners, it is extremely slow growing and never invasive. Since this is a deciduous grass, it will die back and need to be cut to ground level during the winter.

By: Garden World

Mounding, flowing clumps of luminescent golden leaves that shine like blades of sunlight are welcome punctuations in almost any garden. Slower growing than some of the other cultivars. 12" tall x 14" wide. Sorry, grasses and sedges cannot be shipped to California. Minimum temperature: -20°F

By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

I'm a fan of pretty much all forms of Japanese forest grass for their mounding habit, but 'All Gold' is probably my favorite. In shade the bamboo-like leaves are chartreuse; but given some morning son the foliage turns a glowing gold. Hakonechloa prefers rich soils that are well-drained but consistently moist are best. 'All Gold' is a vigorous grower and is a great compliment to ferns, blue or green hostas, and pretty much any color of coral bells. I often see the various forms of Hakonechloa listed as z6 hardy, but they're easily hardy to z5 and possibly to z4 with proper siting.

By: Botanophilia

Illuminated with the clearest, brightest gilded shades imaginable, 'All Gold's broad foliar ribbons are surely the envy of King Midas! This slightly more upright Hakonechloa still exhibits the same fluid ease as our other cultivars, and when set amid Astrantia 'Claret', its golden, cascading blades convey a dazzling vitality in any shady niche.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

One of the few true grasses that thrives in shade, maybe getting a wee bit over planted, but this plant has so many virtues it is hard to mind. This is the all gold version (yeah, they got really creative with the cultivar name here...) and is, for some reason, more vigorous than the more common green-and-gold 'Aureola'. Forms a slowly spreading clump that eventually can become a ground cover. Absolutely easy in the shade here, though apparently not very growable in the South. Zone 4

By: Arrowhead Alpines

All Gold Hakone Grass has solid golden leaves that virtually glow in the shade. Bamboo-like in appearence but not invasive. All Gold grows slowly into clumps 12-18" tall.

By: Fantastic Plants

Glowing golden foliage that is a bit more upright in form than the species, this lovely grass makes a wonderful accent in the shady garden or containers.

By: Avant Gardens

Foliage is completely yellow, standing upright and spiky. Great container specimen or complement for a blue foliaged companion. When the sun shines on this grass, it glitters with gold. Prefers some shade and grows to 14".

By: Greer Gardens Inc.

The all yellow version of a garden standard in these parts. Lushly filling up an 18” diameter by midsummer, it can take rather a lot of sun or dark dark shade. Best half sun, with water. Clumping and rather slow to establish, so be patient. I know it's hard.

By: Cistus Nursery

Solid yellow leaf blades on this excellent Japanese grass. Same habit as the more familiar 'Aureola' with all the leaves bending gently in the same direction and creating graceful hummocks. Deciduous and easy maintenance. Silly us trading pieces of silver for gold.

By: Far Reaches Farm

This gleaming, metallic gold "Forest Grass" holds its brilliant color all summer before turning tan in winter. The leaves are upright, spiky and are awesome in containers! Dan saw this glowing in the morning sun while visiting Suzuki-En in the Kowaguchi area of Japan.

By: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.

Luminous, metallic gold foliage, without the green stripes of 'Aureola'. It literally glows in a lightly shaded garden. Great with purple-leaved heucheras, and makes a striking underplanting for kalmias and rhododendrons. Grows even more slowly than 'Aureola' and is a bit less hardy. Prefers morning sun and afternoon shade.