Dwarf Bamboo Plants Uk

For us gardeners there are many types of bamboo available for our gardens.

Dwarf bamboo plants uk. Himalayacalamus hookerianus young blue purple culms mature to gold. Bamboo plants select a category below to view bamboo selections by type sunlight preferences and usda zones find your zone as you can see by the list of bamboo categories below there are bamboo plants for almost any situation in your outdoor landscape and gardens or for growing inside your home. Phyllostachys nigra an attractive but running bamboo with black leaves. Bamboo fargesia robusta campbell.

Dwarf green stripe bamboo s scientific name is pleioblastus. The plant is native to japan and china as well as new zealand europe korea and the western hemisphere. Phyllostachys fargesia sasa pleioblastus semiarundinaria and more all sound very confusing. Bamboo fargesia jiuzhaigou genf red.

Bamboo dwarf heavenly fire p. Bamboo fargesia nitida black pearl bamboo fargesia nitida gansu bamboo fargesia nitida great wall. The fargesia group of bamboo plants are very well behaved clump formers. This bamboo is known for its chartreuse leaves with green stripes which look absolutely beautiful in early summer and spring.

Bambusa shibataea kumasaca ruscus leaved bamboo from. This foliage contains silica which helps provide strength and stability. Allow bamboo leaves around the plants. We have selected here a range suitable for most situations just bear with us on their names.

Dwarf bamboo has a airy feather low creating low dense clumps that is perfect for providing texture in rock gardens and even controlling erosion on banks and slopes in the case of spreading varieties. Usually dispatched within 2 to 3 days. Fargesia murieliae luca grows to only 50cm in height and is well suited to for growing in a pot. It is the east asian genus of the monopodial bamboo.

Dwarf bamboo plants growing to less than 1 5 metres tall make a great addition to fill in gaps in the border and can be used as low hedges ground cover or even used to replace grass in lawns. The bamboo plants classified as short medium growing are usually forms of fargesia. Short and medium height bamboo. Bambusa nana dwarf bamboo bambusa pleioblastus distichus dwarf fernleaf bamboo bambusa pleioblastus pumilus dwarf bamboo bambusa pleioblastus viridistriatus auricoma dwarf greenstripe bamboo.

New bamboo plants or divisions can be contained within a physical barrier to prevent them spreading through beds and borders. Dig a trench at least 60cm 2ft deep but ideally 1 2m 4ft deep. Bamboo fargesia nitida volcano bamboo fargesia nitida winter joy bamboo fargesia papyrifera blue. Planting inside a physical barrier.

Best grown in pots or trenches to prevent it spreading. As a rough guide the fargesia family we sell are all clump forming plants never producing runners and are pretty safe to plant.