mr bamboo

Bambusa textilis Gracillis

From Southern China, another one.

Interest
A splendid ornamental with upright growth and attractive nodding tips to the culms.

Use
in the ground or in pots.
Dense privacy, wind and dust screen. Thin walled culms are used for crafts, pipe stems.

Characteristics
Grows 6 m high x 25 mm in diameter, straight and graceful. Large leaves on this species just, you know, archytypical bamboo leaves, bit bigger.
Slender Weavers is our most popular screening plant, it responds well to an annual trim. Trimming in winter makes it a once yearly...event!
Hardy, it can be grown next to ponds or places where other bamboo species would become waterlogged. And, it takes cold down to -9C.

How fast will it grow?

Stand back! A fast grower. However, growth rate will depend a lot on climate, food and water.
Small plants are slower to get going, so starting off with a bigger plant will get you there much faster.

Slender Weavers form a clump that can get to 1.5 metres (5'), in diameter after a few years. Manage the clump at this time by removing the old culms (with a set of lopers), from the centre of the clump and around the edges as required.

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