| Description | Nicolas Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa macra) is a rhizomatous, shade-loving deciduous perennial grass with a mounding form of green foliage that changes to oranges and reds in the cool weather of the fall. |
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| Pronunciation | (hah-koh-neh-KLOH-ah)(MAK-rah) |
| Plant Type | Grass Ornamental |
| Hardiness Zone | 5b(6)-9 |
| Sunlight | shade to semi-shade |
| Moisture | average, moist, avoid dry |
| Soil & Site | average, moist, organic |
| Temperature | Can be touchy in zone #5. May need protective mulch |
| Flowers | pale green flower spikes are produced in the late summer early autumn, not very ornamental |
| Leaves | a dense mass, arching thin linear leaves, green turning orange/red in cooler weather and fall |
| Stems | rhizomatous |
| Dimensions | 18-24 inches tall by equal spread, spread by rhizomes |
| Maintenance | Trim back the plant before the new foliage starts to reappear. |
| Propagation | PP#19898, division |
| Native Site | Species plant native to moist mountain areas including wet rocky cliffs and to moist woodland areas in central Japan, including areas around Mt. Hakone from which both its genus name and common name are derived. |
| Cultivar Origin | "Nicholas' was discovered in 2003 as a naturally occurring whole plant mutation (parents unknown) in a cultivated trial garden in Min Rungis Cedex, France. U.S. Plant Patent PP19,898 was issued April 7, 2009". (#144) |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #273-Gardenia (www.gardenia.net) |
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