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Blue Fountain Bamboo - Fargesia nitida Fargesia nitida derives its common name, Blue Fountain Bamboo, from the white-blue powder covering its gracefully arching culms. The culms eventually turn red-brown, and can grow to about 15 high with a diameter of .5. This is a well-behaved, clumping bamboo that can easily be maintained to the desired size in the garden, and it makes an elegant ornamental for full shade. It thrives in rich, organic, slightly acid soils, and its cold hardy to -20 degrees F. Planting History: I acquired a 5 gallon container from Bamboo Gardener in fall of 2002. This particular plant is a form selected for its exceptional vigor and coloring, that Mr. Clever called 'Tim Mcbride'. I planted it that same fall in the shade of a north facing wall, and it performed nicely, sending up several new, 10 12 culms in spring 2003. Unlike most bamboos I grow, the new shoots of F. nitida do not branch out until the following growing season. By summer 2003, one of the older culms was going into flower, but the plant still produced several more shoots in spring 2004.
Container plants I have purchased for resale have proved to be (surprisingly for such a cold hardy plant) sensitive to freezing temperatures, especially sudden temperature drops. I suspect the young roots are not well-adapted to the temperature extremes of container culture. Click on the next button below to view a picture, or back to plant list . |
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