Plant Name

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Sasa veitchii

Common Name

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Soil

Chalk, Sand and Peaty

Sun Aspect

Full Sun, Part Shade or Full Shade

Soil Moisture

Moist to Wet

Plant Type

Bamboo

Height x Spread in feet

4 x indefinite

Foliage

Glossy Dark Green 10 x 2.5 inch leaf. Fresh green growth in the Spring. The first cold snap gives veitchii its distinctive White margins. The leaves become twisted and curled and then give a striking variegated effect.

Cane Colour

Pale green with a heavy white bloom initially, before ending up a pale straw colour.

Comment

Spreading form. Invasive, so needs room to spread.

Valuable medium height ground cover plant and weed suppressor, whose pseudo-variegation is a winter bonus. Useful for stabilizing banks. Grow in big clumps for most impact, or as a small hedge.

Available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd.