Tuesday 29 September 2009

Planting a Bamboo Landscape

If your looking to plant a Bamboo Landscape a great tip to achieve the ultimate Bamboo Grove is to plant your area in groups of three plants. Plant each bamboo approx 1 - 2m apart & you'll be sure to achieve a sizeable clump in approx 2 years.

Our favourite plants to use for forming a grove are Chimonobambusa Tumidissinoda, Phyllostachys Glauca, Phyllostachys Vivax, Phyllostachys Vivax Aureocaulis, Phyllostachys Vivax Huagwenzhu & Phyllostachys Nigra Punctata.

The same can be achieved with many other bamboo plants such as any of the Fargesia varieties for dense clumps or any of the Sasa varieties for ground cover.

Why not check out our Planting Guide for a reminder on the best way to establish new bamboo plants.