Plant Name

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Pseudosasa japonica

Common Name

Arrow Bamboo

Soil

Chalk, Sand and Peaty

Sun Aspect

Full Sun or Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Evergreen Bamboo

Height x Spread in feet

20 x indefinite

Foliage

Glossy Dark Green, grey-green beneath and yellow midribs.

Cane Colour

Olive-Green to start with, fading quickly to a pale beige.

Comment

Clumping-form form. Bolt upright, arching at the top. The most widely planted bamboo. The foliage clings to the culm over many years. Invasive, so needs room to spread - control spreading growth by planting in 2 feet depth and width concrete lined trench. Tends to habit of flowering massively, taking several years to regain its former glory.

Grow in a deciduous woodland or wild garden, or as screening/ hedging (3 feet between each plant). When planted as a windbreak, the rustle of the leaves creates a soothing noise.

Available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd.