Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’

All Gold Japanese Forest Grass

Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.

Plant Type: Grasses and Grass-Like

Evergreen-Deciduous: Deciduous

Overall Mature Size: Small

Also Grown As: Bush

Mature Height & Spread: 1-2' x 1-2'

Natural Growth Habit: Arching, Mounding, Spreading

Native To: Cultivar, Japan

Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade, Full Shade

Water: Medium Water

Flower Color: Inconspicuous

Bloom Time: Summer, Fall

Special Features: Cold Hardy / Colorful Foliage / Deer Resistant / Fall Color / Fire Resistant/Retardant / Shade Tolerant

Container Sizes: #1

Sunset Garden Zones: 2-9, 14-17, 22-24

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9

A Bit More

Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’ is a deciduous, cool-season, ornamental grass with a mounding, cascading, arching habit and featuring bright, golden-yellow foliage. Fall color is amber, bronze, or coppery-pink and will die back in winter. It spreads slowly by short rhizomes. Uses include groundcover, border, container, rock garden. Performs best in partial shade; full shade mutes gold to chartreuse and full, hot sun scorches leaves unless soil is constantly wet. Best in rich, moist, well-drained soil. It is not drought tolerant. Requires regular watering for best growth. Deer-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Fire-resistant during growing period, but flammable when dormant, unless cut back hard. Cold hardy to -20°F.

A Bit More

Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’ is a deciduous, cool-season, ornamental grass with a mounding, cascading, arching habit and featuring bright, golden-yellow foliage. Fall color is amber, bronze, or coppery-pink and will die back in winter. It spreads slowly by short rhizomes. Uses include groundcover, border, container, rock garden. Performs best in partial shade; full shade mutes gold to chartreuse and full, hot sun scorches leaves unless soil is constantly wet. Best in rich, moist, well-drained soil. It is not drought tolerant. Requires regular watering for best growth. Deer-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Fire-resistant during growing period, but flammable when dormant, unless cut back hard. Cold hardy to -20°F.