GOLDEN JAPANESE FOREST GRASS
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
A graceful, colorful groundcover for shaded borders and container gardens. Slender stems holding bright yellow leaves with thin green stripes create a tiny bamboo-like effect. Foliage becomes pink-tinged as the weather cools in autumn. Naturalizes well; clumps spread gently. 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year. An herbaceous perennial.
zones: 4-9
partial sun to shade
average size at maturity: spreading, clumping habit slowly reaches 18in tall and wide
---- you can prune anytime after the plants go fully brown, as long as you do so before they start growing again in spring
*some images show fully mature plant
