About
This low-growing, clumping bamboo develops a gradually expanding colony that reaches up to 1.2 meters in height. Its slender, light green stems support narrow leaves that can grow up to 20 centimeters in length, featuring stripes of creamy white.
About the genus
Pleioblastus consists of evergreen bamboo species that vary in dimensions and growth patterns. These plants have aggressive rhizomes that create thick clusters of slender canes, each featuring multiple leafy branches at every node.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bamboos
- Habit
- Suckering, Clump forming
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, Patio and container plants
- Native to
- Japan
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade. Protect from cold drying winds. In a container grow in a peat-free, loam-based compost and feed with a balanced liquid fertiliser on a monthly basis during the growing season.May remain clump-forming in poor or dry soils but can become invasive in warm, moist or favourable conditions and need restraining ; see bamboo control and bamboo cultivation
- Pruning
- Remove weak, dead, damaged or spindly stems in spring and thin to show off stems to best effect. Cut out any flowering shoots promptly to discourage more from forming - see bamboo cultivation
- Propagation
- Propagate by division, separate rhizomes in spring, keeping divisions moist until well established
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to slugs
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free