Alphonse Karr Bamboo Growth Rate
The colour deepens with age.
Alphonse karr bamboo growth rate. Garden style asian zen tropical. Average landscape size fast growing. It has babies that are taller that has babies that are taller. New shoots are pink and they age to yellow.
Every generation should be taller that the previous year s shoots. Featuring brightly striped canes of yellow and green this bamboo makes an excellent centerpiece and conversation piece not to mention an amazingly beautiful hedge or screen. The intriguing aspect is that each year s growth emerges and grows to it complete height in 60 90 days. The bamboo that you get initially never grows vertically again.
Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr alphonse karr bamboo clumping bamboo growing to a height of 15 to 35 feet controlled height of 8 10 ft. Alphonse karr is commonly considered a collector s bamboo. Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr is a clumping bamboo that can grow 15 to 35 feet in height with a maximum culm diameter of 1 inches and will tolerate temperatures down to 12ºf. Hardy to 5 and easy to grow green stems of these bamboos may reach 25 feet in dry conditions with little feeding and where rhizomes are contained.
This cultivar is shorter and more upright than the common hedging bamboo and it always looks good even in melbourne s winter. Clumping bamboo fast growing pet friendly. Forms large clumps 15 to 35 ft. Use a balanced slow release 10 10 10 product during its first year of growth.
The culms of this clumper are yellow with irregular green striping and quite often show a pinkish rose blush in the younger culms. Culms are yellow striped with green and reach a diameter of about 1 2 to 1. With water fertilizer and no control the plant may reach 55 feet. Pinkish shoots become green striped yellow culms.
Probably the best looking of the hedging bamboos al karr bamboo always attracts attention. Drought tolerant once established it can survive almost any condition even high winds and sea salt. Branches from base of plant to top creating a dense screen. Reasonably frost tolerant slender 2 3cm and a nice yellow colour.
Fertilize outdoor planted alphonse karr bamboo in early spring when new shoots appear. Being an attractive looking bamboo alphonse karr bamboo is also suited as a specimen bamboo and can be grown in large pots or containers.