Semiarundinaria yashadake kimmei.

[karl66]

Are any of you growing this & whats your thoughts. many thanks karl.

[grub]

I am Karl, very pretty little Bamboo and in amongst my favourites.

[karl66]

Grub, i've had some 15 litre pots off simon at amulree, have you managed to see the pink culms yet?, its supposed to get nice and bushy but not to high which is what i'm after.
Is it similar to phyllostachys aurea as i'm already growing these. karl.

[grub]

It gets bushy, it's not too high and it's absolutely nothing like Phyllostachys Aurea

[AndyC]

I find it gets quite scruffy during the winter but perks up again in the spring. IMO there are many bamboos more worthy of a place in the garden especially if space is limited.

[karl66]

I find it gets quite scruffy during the winter but perks up again in the spring. IMO there are many bamboos more worthy of a place in the garden especially if space is limited.

Andy, when you say scruffy, do you mean it loses its leaves? or the canes get tangled. Have you any pics, how have you found it to control. thanks karl.

[pdid]

I find it gets quite scruffy during the winter but perks up again in the spring. IMO there are many bamboos more worthy of a place in the garden especially if space is limited.

I find the same, wind ravages it.

[AndyC]

As Phil says, it's cold winds that it doesn't like. The leaves curl up and go crispy in a cold winter and the whole plant consequently looks very scruffy until it greens up again.
I keep mine within a root barrier but so far (three/four years) it hasn't shown any signs of trying to escape.