This cultivar is shorter and more upright than the common hedging bamboo and it always looks good even in melbourne s winter.
Alphonse karr bamboo growth rate.
Forms large clumps 15 to 35 ft.
Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr is a clumping bamboo that can grow 15 to 35 feet in height with a maximum culm diameter of 1 inches and will tolerate temperatures down to 12ºf.
Garden style asian zen tropical.
The intriguing aspect is that each year s growth emerges and grows to it complete height in 60 90 days.
Branches from base of plant to top creating a dense screen.
With water fertilizer and no control the plant may reach 55 feet.
This is mainly due to the plant s great adaptability versatility and beautiful attributes.
Featuring brightly striped canes of yellow and green this bamboo makes an excellent centerpiece and conversation piece not to mention an amazingly beautiful hedge or screen.
Reasonably frost tolerant slender 2 3cm and a nice yellow colour.
New shoots are pink and they age to yellow.
Pinkish shoots become green striped yellow culms.
Drought tolerant once established it can survive almost any condition even high winds and sea salt.
It has babies that are taller that has babies that are taller.
Use a balanced slow release 10 10 10 product during its first year of growth.
Average landscape size fast growing.
The colour deepens with age.
Bamboo grows a little different than most plants.
Growth rate is fast reaching around 3m in a growing season depending on conditions.
Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr alphonse karr bamboo clumping bamboo growing to a height of 15 to 35 feet controlled height of 8 10 ft.
Being an attractive looking bamboo alphonse karr bamboo is also suited as a specimen bamboo and can be grown in large pots or containers.
Probably the best looking of the hedging bamboos al karr bamboo always attracts attention.
Alphonse karr is commonly considered a collector s bamboo.
The bamboo that you get initially never grows vertically again.
Hardy to 5 and easy to grow green stems of these bamboos may reach 25 feet in dry conditions with little feeding and where rhizomes are contained.
The culms of this clumper are yellow with irregular green striping and quite often show a pinkish rose blush in the younger culms.
Fertilize outdoor planted alphonse karr bamboo in early spring when new shoots appear.