Break out of your ‘Aureola’ rut

When most people think of Nipponese forest smoke ( Hakonechloa macracvs . , USDA Hardiness Zones 5 - 9 ) , they automatically recollect of the most pop and most normally uncommitted cultivar ‘ Aureola ’ . But there are new cultivars that are just as exciting ! Take , for instance , ‘ Beni Kaze ’ , a golden variety with rosiness of Bourgogne . Freeland and Sabrina Tanner planted a expanse of it in a umbrageous bed along their driveway in Napa , California , and it ’s a lulu .

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