BAMBOO
BAMBOO
Commonly known as Black 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.
Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
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Architectural interest
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Good to know
Green-brown stems will become black from second or third year, resembling polished ebony. -
Medicinal properties
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Place of origin
Eastern and central China. -
EvergreenDark-green leaves 4-13cm (1½-5in) long.
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Patio / pot plants
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Sub-tropical / mediterranean
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Fully hardy
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Entire
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Lanceolate
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Height
2.5-3.5m (8-10ft) -
Spread
2m (6½ft)
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BambooClump-forming bamboo with slender, arching stems. Creamy shoots emerge late May, at first green, turning black through the summer.
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Tall Shrub
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Hardy - cold winter
Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F) -
Autumn Seasonal Interest
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Spring Seasonal Interest
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Summer Seasonal Interest
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Winter Seasonal Interest
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Fertile moist well-drained soilHumus-rich.
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Full sun
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Rabbit Resistant
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Mature Size2.5-3.5m (8-10ft)
2m (6½ft)
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