Green Panda Clumping Bamboo
Fargesia rufa green panda is very vigorous forming new shoots in spring and quickly developing into a large clump.
Green panda clumping bamboo. Be aware that most clumping bamboos are not cold hardy so it s best to treat them as annuals. We are partial shade with lots of ambient light and it s been beautifully lush and green. Green panda thrives in full sun but tolerates quite a bit of shade. Fargesia rufa green panda.
It will push through a foundation wall or damage a driveway if planted next to it. Back to clumping bamboo photo copyright. It needs some space in front to accomodate its fountain shape. If leaves curl lengthwise it s thirsty.
Clumpers form a tight cluster of gently arching culms extending from a relatively small root mass. Great bamboo rustling sound and it was still pushing out culms in october. Green panda is a non invasive clumping bamboo reaching 6 8 feet tall very vigorous and cold hardy to minus 15f. They are about 4 5 feet tall with a 30 canes.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant and can be pruned at anytime. It grows quickly to form a large clump 15 to 18 feet tall. Overview of clumping bamboo clumping bamboo are defined as having a non invasive rhizome structure known as pachymorph rhizome which differs from the better known and sometimes feared running bamboo leptomorph rhizome. Noah bell bamboo garden 2019 10 gallon green panda click on photo for larger image our 10 gallon f.
Bamboo clumping narrow green leaves emerge from tan culms in late spring adding to previous season s foliage. New shoots appear early in spring and quickly develop into a large clump approximately 8 feet in diameter at maturity. The root system grows in a small area but it dense and powerful. A perfect specimen for smaller gardens and courtyards.
Leaves do not curl in the sun as with some bamboos. This is a clumping bamboo and will not spread as rapidly as running bamboos. It matures at 6 to 8 feet tall and as wide so it s ideal in a smaller garden. A favorite food of giant pandas.
Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage. Attractive rusty reddish sheaths and a non invasive root system. Fargesia robusta green screen tolerates full hot sun better than other fargesias. This exciting new bamboo makes an attractive evergreen specimen or when grouped creates an excellent hedge.
Brown tips too much water. Now in november it s yellowing but we ve had lots of rain. Rufa are very full. Vase shaped clumping deer resistant and semi evergreen.
Green panda clump bamboo is an herbaceous evergreen perennial with an indistinguished habit of growth. Noah bell bamboo garden 2019 close up showing rusty red culm sheaths.