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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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EvergreenSmall leaves, variegated cream
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Height1-2.5m (3-8ft)
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Spread1-2.5m (3-8ft)
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BambooMound-forming bamboo with weak runners
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Hardy - cold winterHardy 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)
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Full sunShelter from cold, drying winds
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Partial shade
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Additional FeaturesGood to knowCan be used as a low hedgePests & DiseasesNonePlace of originJapan
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HardinessFully hardy
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Leaf Colour (if not green)Silver variegated
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Leaf marginEntire
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Leaf shapeLinear
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Seasonal InterestAutumnSpringSummerWinter
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soilHumus-rich.
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WildlifeRabbit Resistant
1-2.5m (3-8ft)
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Buy Varieties of BAMBOO
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. BAMBOO Sasa palmata ramosa](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/bamboo_sasa_palmata_ramosa_507.jpg)
BAMBOO Sasa palmata ramosa
(Arundinaria vagans) - quick spreading hardy and dense bamboo with attractive light green new shoots and leaves. Grows to a maximum of 3 feet
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. BAMBOO Sasa palmata tsuboiana](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/bamboo_sasa_tsuboiana_508a.jpg)
BAMBOO Sasa palmata 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
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. BAMBOO Sasa palmata veitchii](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/sasa_palmata_veitchii_509a.jpg)
BAMBOO Sasa palmata veitchii
stems up to a maximum of 4 feet
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. BAMBOO Shibataea kumasaca](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Bamboo_Shibataea_kumasasa.jpg)
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
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. BAMBOO Yushania anceps](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/bamboo_yushania_anceps_512.jpg)
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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