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Hakonechloa for ground cover

Ivy2Ivy2 Posts: 73
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Is this a good option?

https://www.waitrosegarden.com/plants/_/hakonechloa-macra-aureola/classid.2000011921/?gclid=CjwKCAjwo7iiBhAEEiwAsIxQEb2GbrC9SLd7COT-DpcLCbLuq-OYoX0ib4EtcHLZCH342asEQYJroBoCHOQQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Do you think they look better on their own with other plants around or a few of them together?

Hoping to get some ground cover to make a border more manageable for weeding. Have carpet rose, viburnum boriensis, c overdam ornamental grass and a salvia caradonna also with an Amelanchier at the back. I want the roses and salvia and Amelanchier to be the stars really but I know I am going to have my work cut out if I don't plant in those spaces. 

Any other alternatives welcome.

Thought about creeping phlox too.



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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited April 2023
    @Ivy2 I have seen this planted en masse under a tree where it looked amazing, in a photo! Not sure how well it works in practical terms and there are different forms.
    I have seen it at Chelsea in a huge pot, asked the grower how they had achieved such a large plant. Answer tomato feed. It was the best plant on the stand.
    For me it wouldn't be the first plant I would think of to help keep weeds down. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I have 5 either side of my patio.
    I got the ordinary green variety as I thought the yellow was a bit to bright for my taste.
    I only planted them 2 yrs ago and they've grown quickly.
    They make a lovely sound in the breeze too.
    Even in winter the dead foliage and seed heads gives interest.

    Pic was of my blackberry but you can see the hakonechloa



    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I find they grow into big specimens, if given a bit of time. My original has now been divided several times.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    @Pete.8 I like the training of the plant on the fence, what is it please?


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I have loads of divisions now - from one original plant. They wouldn't be great for weed suppression as they aren't evergreen.
    Great plants though. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I have found them slow I guess my soil doesn't help. Lovely plants.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    nutcutlet said:
    @Pete.8 I like the training of the plant on the fence, what is it please?
    Hiya @nutcutlet
    It a blackberry - Waldo
    Superb and well behaved

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705
    I like this plant very much, for sun or shade where it brightens up a dark area..
    Try it with various blues..

    East Anglia, England
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Pete.8 said:
    nutcutlet said:
    @Pete.8 I like the training of the plant on the fence, what is it please?
    Hiya @nutcutlet
    It a blackberry - Waldo
    Superb and well behaved
    Thanks @Pete.8 sounds good


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Hakonechloa looks wonderful planted en masse IMO, as it's not evergreen you could plant small bulbs through it quite effectively. For a year-round cover, Sesleria autumnalis is better; it does benefit from cutting back in spring, but grows back rapidly. Not as elegant as Hak mac but you get flowers.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
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