| Scientific Name: | Hakonechloa macra |
| Common Name: | golden variegated hakonechloa |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Horizontal, Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded, Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Alpine, Aquatic - ponds, Container planting, Fall interest, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Summer interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Grass-like, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, Green, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Yellow, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Graceful cascading mounds of arching leaves, linear, most 15-25cm long x 7-15mm wide, alternate, most cultivars variegated gold and green. | |