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| COMMON NAME Graceful Bamboo, Slender Bamboo |
| BOTANICAL NAME Bambusa textilis ‘Gracilis’ |
| HEIGHT 20′ |
| WIDTH 5′ |
| MONOECIOUS |
| EVERGREEN |
| LIFESPAN Individual culms: 10 years; Entire bamboo: Unknown |
| PERENNIAL |
| COLD TOLERANCE 15° F |
| SOIL TYPE Well drained |
| WATERING REQUIREMENTS Water after planting in ground. Regular watering is important for the next 2 years, especially critical the first year. For the first 2 weeks, water daily. Week 3 and 4 need watering twice a week, and from then on water either once (if watering deeply) or twice a week. Once roots have established 2 years after planting, water once a week. Supplement water during droughts and hot weather. |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE Medium |
| SALT TOLERANCE No |
| LIGHT REQUIREMENTS Full sun |
| FERTILIZING Sparingly use a general purpose, 10-10-10 once every 2 to 3 weeks from Spring to Summer for faster growth. Alternatively, use a slow-release fertilizer 3 times a year. Halt fertilizing from the Fall to Winter, then begin again in the Spring. Do not allow fertilizer to clump, be sure to disperse evenly. Clumped fertilizer can potentially burn roots, potentially harming or killing a plant. Avoid getting fertilizer on the leaves and trunk. |
| COLOR Lush green |
| MONTH OF COLOR All year |
| FLOWER At the peak of it’s life after many years, most bamboo will use as much energy as possible to produce flowers, and then dies sometime afterwards. Few bamboo flower more than once. |
| ALLERGENS, TOXICITY AND ANIMALS Raw bamboo is full of cyanide, and is toxic to dogs, cats, horses, and humans. |
| COMMENTS Beautiful bamboo, good for screening to 20′ high. Clumping bamboo, not running bamboo. |
| PRICE 30 gallon $125 |