This Japanese bamboo has large dark green leaves and is an excellent choice for a mid-sized hedge. Does best in an area that gets some afternoon shade. Fairly fast spreading, uniform foliage. Protect from cold drying winds.
Eventual size: 1 to 1.5 m
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Clump-forming bamboo. Excellent when planted in semi-shade, where the mixture of green, purple and reddish canes are topped with dainty small dark green leaves. ‘Juizhaigou’ makes a superb specimen plant with it’s upright fountainous habit and can. Non-invasive. Hardy.
Eventual size: 2.5 to 3 m
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Phyllostachys nigra or the Black Bamboo has to be the most popular and best known of all bamboos. The jet black canes reach around 4 or 6 metres in height and are covered in masses of lush green dainty leaves. The best situation for the black bamboo is in a good, rich soil that does not dry out too readily but also does not have a tendency to waterlog over the winter months.
Eventual size: 4 to 6 m
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Dwarf bamboo, which is low-maintenance and evergreen, with deep green leaves and red-flushed canes. Plants are hardy and will last for many years. Invasive. Sun or semi shade. Hardy.
Eventual size: 40 – 80 cm
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Vigorous small bamboo forming a thicket of erect stems to 3 m high bearing dark green leaves to 40cm in length, the tips and margins turning pale brown in winter, giving a variegated. Invasive. Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, best in partial shade. Protect from cold drying winds.
Eventual size: 3 m
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This majestic bamboo, with its towering spires of golden yellow culms painted with random green stripes, is truly a sight to behold. Like other large bamboos, Phyllostachys vivax ‘Aureocaulis’ will appreciate the sunniest location possible. Invasive.
Eventual size: 8 to 10 m
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