Bamboo
Fargesia murielae
Canes tall enough to screen a fence line; thin the oldest out each spring or the clump closes into a thicket.
Light Sun or partial shade, either suits it.
Water Keep the soil moist, particularly through the first year.
Height 4 m
Spread 6 ft 7 in
Spacing 200 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 6 ft 7 in
- In-row spacing
- 6 ft 7 in
- Between rows
- 8 ft 2 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Grass · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Sun or partial shade, either suits it.
- Watering
- Keep the soil moist, particularly through the first year.
- Feeding
- One feed a year, in spring.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- June
- Pruning
- Thin out the old culms once a year in spring.
Through the year
- Apr–Jun Spring Growth
- Jun–Sep Flowering
- Sep–Nov Growing
- Nov–Dec Leaf Fall
- Jan–Apr Leaf Fall
Companions
Ferns, Hostas, Hakonechloa, Hydrangea
Pests & problems
- Leaf curl in cold or drying winds — stress, and it passes.
- Bamboo mite through a hot, dry summer.
- Flowering, which is very rare and can weaken or kill the plant.
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