Oooh, I hadn't thought about that one. Sounds pretty. We have hard clay and a very drying wind here, and I haven't had much success with hakone grass, but I may just have to try, try again. Thanks, Calif_Sue!
And to Vic, thanks, also. I was thinking that maybe I needed to move the hydrangea to a sunnier sight, that that was the problem, but you may be right about the gaura needing more sun, maybe that is why I haven't had much success with it either. These trees of mine keep overshadowing what used to be a full sun area. I have a lot of thinking and rearranging to do, it would seem.