Description
Species: Bambusa textilis var. gracilis
Common name: Slender Weaver Bamboo / Graceful Bamboo
Clumper or Runner: Clumper — non-invasive, tight clumping
Height / diameter / Internode: 6 – 10 m / 2 – 4 cm / ± 25 – 45 cm
Color / Leaf length / Branch: Green culms / narrow green leaves ± 8 – 20 cm / many fine branches with soft foliage
Potted/Garden/Commercial: Potted, Garden, Screening or Landscape Commercial
Minimum Temperatures / Climate: ± −10°C to −12°C / Warm temperate to subtropical; also suitable for protected tropical and urban gardens
Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH: Moderate water, especially during establishment / low to medium altitudes / fertile, moist, well-drained soil / pH ± 6.0 – 7.5
Uses: Excellent privacy screen, hedge, windbreak, ornamental garden bamboo, narrow-space planting, pots and troughs, light craft poles, garden stakes, weaving material and small decorative culms. Very popular because it grows upright, stays compact, has a neat clumping habit and does not spread like running bamboo.
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