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Narihira bamboo

Semiarundinaria fastuosa

Narihira bamboo
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0

Narihira bamboo is a vigorous, evergreen, clump-forming bamboo native to southern Japan, grown as an architectural plant or screen. The key to growing it is to contain its spread and give it a sheltered spot with reliable moisture.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season, especially in the first year, and keep the soil evenly moist but not waterlogged.
Soil
Fertile, well-drained garden soil or loam
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C; shelter from cold dry winds and late frosts
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
C. & S. Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Semiarundinaria fastuosa, the Narihira bamboo, Narihira cane or Narihiradake, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to Japan. Growing to 7 m (23 ft) tall by 2 m (7 ft) broad, it is a vigorous, evergreen bamboo with dark green cylindrical canes and dense tufts of lanceolate, glossy green leaves, up to 20 cm (8 in) long.

In cultivation it is useful as an architectural plant or screen. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Semiarundinaria fastuosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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