Botanical Name: Common Names:
Bambusa textilis Fusca Slender Weavers Bamboo,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Palms, Ferns & Tropical Clumping, Dense, Upright
Description:
A versatile and fast growing bamboo used extensively for screening, especially neighbouring three storey residences. Will grow in a narrow garden bed and successfully screen three storey windows! Solely vertical growing, this bamboo's leafy blue/green culms are equally useful as a specimen - remove lower branches to expose culms or remove most culms all together leaving a dramatic few. Cold tolerant to -4C, coastal and shade tolerant add to the appeal of this bamboo.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
4-10m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Edible Garden, Formal Garden, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting, Tropical Garden, Wind Break
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
None
Family Name: Origin:
Poaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Insignificant
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: N/A
Fruit: No
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Medium
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: High
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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