An exceptional non-invasive choice for a garden specimen or accent, or as a focal point of interest in an evergreen hedge or screen. Great Wall’ belongs to a clumping species unlike the running Bamboos whose roots are aggressive colonizers. Great Wall is a bamboo whose growth is naturally compact. As such, producing a dense up welling of stems and foliage some 3.5 – 4.0 meters tall whose girth expands just a few inches a year. The new stems, which emerge in late spring or early summer, are dusted with blue but turn purplish-brown as they age. The leaves are larger than those of other Fountain Bamboos and it is also more reliably hardy cold tolerant to 29°C. It thrives in well drained, organic soils and light shade to full shade. Add to cart

Fargesia robusta Pingu from Sichuan in China is taller more upright, and more robust than most Fargesia. Fargesia robusta Pingu is vigorous and very useful for screening. Robusta sports dark green foliage and light green culms, the new shoots are distinctly hairy and rusty red upon emergence from the ground in early spring. These culm sheaths persist from spring through to early summer and soon fade to a light calico, almost white, giving the culms a very attractive checkerboard appearance in. Fargesia robusta Pingu is more sun tolerant than most other Fargesia. .Height: 4 meters, usually 3 meters in the UK Diameter: 10-12mm, 5 Litre size potAdd to cart

Bamboo Fargesia Rufa A recent introduction from Ganshu. It has a quick growth habit and will tolerate regular thinning and pruning. New culms are buttery yellow with culm sheaths a pale orangy red and shrimp pink the colouration is brighter on plants growing in an alkaline soil the leaves are a bottle green a valuable plant forming a broad clump 1.5m wide and 11ft height. Add to cart