(Golden Japanese Forest Grass, Hakone Grass)

Few grasses have the elegant beauty of golden Japanese forest grass and even fewer are well adapted to shade. This clump-forming, variegated grass is slow-growing but develops a sweeping, graceful habit over time. Hakonechloa macra originates from the moist fertile forests of Japan where is can be found growing among rocks and other understory perennials as though strategically planted.

This is a fully deciduous grass that has broad blades with golden edges and bright green stripes down...

(Hakone Grass, Naomi Hakone Grass)

Hakone grass is a slow growing, clump-forming, herbaceous grass native to the forests of Japan. The cultivar Naomi has loosely arching, broad, smooth, bright green blades with long white stripes. In the fall, the grass blades turn purple and magenta and it produces loose, branched groups of spiklets with insignificant flowers. The rhizomes (underground stems) creep slowly and Hakone grass doesn't appear to self-seed; it is a non-invasive ornamental grass.

Attractive and elegant Hakone grass performs...

(Hakone Grass)

Elegant arching blades, a tame and tidy habit and tolerance to shade make this lovely Japanese native an exceptional ornamental grass for the garden. Hakone grass is a slow-growing, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial that naturally resides in the forests of Japan. There are several variegated forms, which tend to be the most coveted by gardeners.

The broad, bright green blades of hakone grass arch gracefully and form spreading clumps over time. The blades can turn yellow, orange or pinkish...

(Japanese Witchhazel)

Japanese witchhazel's bare, architecturally interesting branches become a party of color and mild fragrance in late winter with tiny, multicolored, spidery blossoms. This native of Japan is a wide-spreading deciduous shrub with smooth, dark gray-brown bark and glossy, broadly oval, mid-green leaves. In autumn, they turn yellow, red and purple. Upon the bare, brown branches in late winter will be delicate tufts of very thin, crinkly yellow petals like look like tiny, short ribbons. The four petals...

(Japanese Witchhazel, Rubra Japanese Witchhazel)

The red-flowering Japanese witchhazel's bare, architecturally interesting branches become a party of color and mild fragrance in late winter with tiny, multicolored, spidery blossoms. Known botanically as cultivar 'Rubra', it was originally raised at the Chenault Nursery in Orleans, France, prior to 1915. 'Rubra' has been extensively used as the parent to develop modern red-flowering witchhazel hybrids.

Japanese witchhazel is naturally found in Japan and is a wide-spreading deciduous shrub....

(Japanese Witchhazel)

Japanese witchhazel's bare, architecturally interesting branches become a party of color and mild fragrance in late winter with tiny, multicolored, spidery blossoms. This native of Japan is a wide-spreading deciduous shrub with smooth, dark gray-brown bark and glossy, broadly oval, mid-green leaves. In autumn, they turn yellow, red and purple. Upon the bare, brown branches in late winter will be delicate tufts of very thin, crinkly yellow petals like look like tiny, short ribbons. The four petals...

(Ozark Witchhazel, Vernal Witchhazel)

Grown for its spicy-scented winter flowers and colorful fall foliage, vernal witchhazel is a medium to large deciduous shrub from the south-central United States.

This upright, rounded shrub bears oval, scallop-edged, medium-green leaves along its gray-barked branches. The leaves often turn bright yellow in fall. Small flowers with four narrow, ribbon-like, yellow to coppery-red petals cluster along the naked branches in winter or early spring, opening as early as Christmas in mild winters....

(Ozark Witchhazel, Vernal Witchhazel)

Selected for its showy fall foliage, 'Autumn Embers' is a cultivar of vernal witchhazel (Hamamelis vernalis), a medium to large deciduous shrub from the south-central United States. Like others of its species, it bears spicy-scented flowers in winter or early spring.

The oval, scallop-edged, medium- to dark-green leaves of this upright, rounded shrub are borne alternately along gray-barked branches. The leaves turn shades of orange, bronze, and purple in fall. Small flowers with...

(Ozark Witchhazel, Vernal Witchhazel)

Bearing its spicy-scented blooms during the shortest days of the year, 'Christmas Cheer' flowers weeks to months earlier than most other forms of vernal witchhazel.

The oval, scallop-edged, medium- to dark-green leaves of this upright, rounded shrub are borne alternately along gray-barked branches. The leaves turn buttery yellow in fall. Small flowers with four narrow, ribbon-like, coppery-orange petals cluster along the naked branches for several weeks beginning in late fall or early winter....

(Ozark Witchhazel, Vernal Witchhazel)

Selected for its exceptional fall color, 'Sandra' is a cultivar of vernal witchhazel (Hamamelis vernalis), a medium to large deciduous shrub from the south-central United States. Like others of its species, it bears spicy-scented flowers in winter or early spring.

The oval, scallop-edged, medium- to dark-green leaves of this upright, rounded shrub are borne alternately along gray-barked branches. The leaves turn various shades of purple, orange, and yellow in fall. Small flowers...