Common name: dwarf bamboo
Family name: Poaceae

  • if allowed to grow, it will eventually become yellow
  • if you cut it back, it will stay green
  • commonly used in open spaces and as ground cover
  • aggressive runner
  • only stiff in the first year or two
  • plant where you have a natural boundary (ie. pond, sidewalk)
  • compared to shibataea – culm are branching culms on arundinaria (long branching that falls over)
  • shibataea straight and more structured

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