Pleioblastus viridi-striata

johnw · Post by **johnw** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:17 pm

A stand of Pleioblastus we planted at a friend's about 10 years ago. It shows no tendency to wander into the adjacent woods.

johnw - +20c and showery

tncry · Post by **tncry** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 5:20 pm

Do they mow it in the fall?
How many plants were used to start it?

TC in PEI

bamboothew · Post by **bamboothew** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:14 pm

Wow, what a beautiful planting! Interesting that it, as a shade-loving bamboo, hasn't tried to spread into the woods

johnw · Post by **johnw** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:31 pm

This one gets sun most of the day. I think because it is drier in the woods (especially in the upper layers) it tends to avopid wandering in.

They mow it to the ground early in the spring as it usually dies back or looks very ratty. After this past winter it kept a surprising number of leaves but still it required chopping back.

Same garden here is one of our better Fargesia murieliae seedlings from circa 2000. Pix from last night.

johnw

Alan_L · Post by **Alan_L** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:18 pm

How tall is the viridistriatus? It's quite impressive!

(I wish mine looked that fresh right now, but at least it's not curled up anymore).

johnw · Post by **johnw** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:01 pm

[quote="Alan_L"]How tall is the viridistriatus? It's quite impressive!

It's about 20 inches high though the land slopes down at the rear so could be a bit taller at the back of the stand.

I was surprised it looked so good given the drought and the reflected heat from the asphalt.

johnw - +23c & sunny

johnw · Post by **johnw** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:59 pm

tncry wrote:How many plants were used to start it? TC in PEI

TC - It was started from a single one gallon plant according to the original invoice.

johnw

johnw · Post by **johnw** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:55 pm

We've had an extremely dry summer, then 2" of rain last week, now we are dry dry again. So I was very surprised to see the viridi-striata looking so good in this urban planting, I had fully expected both reduced height and burnt tips. The bed is only about 20" wide and never gets watered. The Pleioblastus managed to get under several blocks of sidewalk and into that bed in front to the next house up the street.