Botanical Name: Common Names:
Pleioblastus pygmaeus Pygmy Bamboo,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Palms, Ferns & Tropical Dense, Spreading, Upright
Description:
Very similar to Pleioblastus distichus, but its leaves do not have the fern-like leaf grouping. Very tough, small bamboo widely used in Japan in bonsai and can be maintained as a lawn or clipped into a very low hedge. This is a running bamboo.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
30-60cm 2-4m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Groundcover, Hedging / Screening, Lawn Alternatives, Mass Planting, Topiary / Espalier, Tropical Garden, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods
Family Name: Origin:
Poaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Insignificant
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: N/A
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Medium
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Low
Frost: High
Wind: High