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2012 Plants Avaliable » Bamboo » Fargesia dracocephala-rufa (Clumping Bamboo)
Dragon’s Head Bamboo Zone 5-9 (-22C), Clumping, Shade-Sun,Ht:8’, Culm ½”
This weeping form of the Fargesia from Western China has an elegant appearance. Grows very dense for a thick tight screen. Fine small thin light green leaves are produced on clusters of multiple 4" to 6" branches. Culms are smooth plum-purple and stay unbranched for the first year. Creates an excellent potted screen bamboo for deck gardens and thick impenetrable hedges/borders.
Does not run , good for low/no maintenance plantings.
New to the Nursery Trade.