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BAMBOO
Bamboo, a sub family of the grass family is found mainly in warm and moist tropical and warm temperate climates. It contains some of the fastest-growing plants on Earth, 36ins in 24 hours, though growth in temperate regions is more like 3-10cms (1.2-3.9ins) per day.
Found in tropical and sub-tropical Asia, tropical America, Africa and northern Australia.
Unlike all trees, individual bamboo culms emerge at their full diameter and grow to their full height in a single growing season of 3-4 months. As the clump matures thicker and taller culms emerge each year until the plant reaches its characteristic limit.
Most bamboo species flower infrequently, at intervals as long as 60 or 120 years, These exhibit mass (or gregarious) flowering and any plant derived from the same stock will flower wherever it is located. After flowering the plant dies.
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EvergreenLeaves to 7cm (3in) long.
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Height2.5-3.5m (approx) (8-10ft) -
SpreadIndefinite.
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BambooGraceful, erect bamboo. Smooth, glossy, pith-filled canes to 3cm (1¼in) across. Clustered branches 10-80cm (4-32in) long almost encircle the white-waxy nodes.
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Tall Shrub
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Hardy - average winterHardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -10°C (14°F) -
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Additional Features
Good to knowUseful for cutting as leaves remain in good condition. Papery leaf-sheaths remain for first year giving canes a striped appearance.
Place of originChile. -
Garden Location/ConditionsWoodland garden
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HardinessFully hardy
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Leaf margin
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Leaf shape
Linear
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Seasonal InterestAutumnSpringSummerWinter
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soilHumus-rich. Shelter from cold, dry winds.
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WildlifeRabbit Resistant
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2.5-3.5m (approx) (8-10ft)
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Buy Varieties of BAMBOO
BAMBOO Sasa ramosa
(Arundinaria vagans) - quick spreading hardy and dense bamboo with attractive light green new shoots and leaves. Grows to a maximum of 3 feet
BAMBOO Sasa tsuboiana
grows to about 5 feet eventually in a dense round clump and is totally hardy. Less vigorous than S. palmata and less invasive. The leaf edges show some bleaching in winter
BAMBOO Sasa veitchii
stems up to a maximum of 4 feet
BAMBOO Shibataea kumasaca
dwarf and compact in habit this bamboo has distinct zig-zag canes and make excellent ground-cover growing eventually only to 3-4 feet
Gift-wrapping available
BAMBOO Yushania anceps
(Arundinaria anceps) - ideal for screens and hedging although fairly rampant. Grows up to 3-3.5 metres and will withstand strong winds
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