Bamboos by Christine Recht

Author:Christine Recht
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pavilion Books Company Limited
Published: 2015-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

Pleioblastus chino f. aureo-striatus has fine creamy-yellow stripes on its leaves

Boldly-striped Pleioblastus fortunei is ideal for underplanting

Pleioblastus chino var. gracilis (Makino) Nakai

Origin: Honshu, Japan

Site: semi-shade

Hardiness: to – 23°C

Leaf: 13 cm (5 in.) long, 1.2 cm (in.) wide, glabrous

Height: 0.6 m (2 ft), taller with age

Spread: moderately spreading

Use: as ‘grass’ in herbaceous beds

Pleioblastus pumilus (Mitford) S. Suzuki (syn. Sasa pumila)

Origin: S. Japan

Hardiness: to – 23°C

Leaf: 20 cm (8 in.) long, 2.5 cm (1 in.) wide

Culm: green, reddening in the sun, obvious ring of hairs at the nodes

Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)

Spread: extremely rampant

Use: ground cover, can be mown

Pleioblastus fortunei (Van Houtte) Nakai

Origin: known only in cultivation

Site: semi-shade to full shade

Hardiness: to – 23°C

Leaf: 15 cm (6 in.) long, 1.4 cm (in.) wide, hairy on both sides

Culm: green, glabrous

Height: 40 cm (15 in.)

Spread: quite vigorous

Use: ground cover, underplanting, pot-plant

Speciality: pretty, variegated, carpet bamboo

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