Plant Profile

Phyllostachys vulgaris (Painted Bamboo, Striped Bamboo)

Common bamboo  is grown naturally throughout the subtropical and tropical regions. Common bamboo has tall deep green culms which grow straight. They are smooth with no teeth or spines and branch .  The leaves are linear to lance-shaped and produced in pairs.Flowering in bamboo is unusual, but if the flowers appears they are similar to other grasses grain like flowers and fruits. The process seems to occur between two and seven years of age; many bamboos decline and some die after flowering. Used as screens indoor and outdoor.  It prefers full sun and moist well drained soil, but takes drought well. Very fast growing. 

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