Bamboo Phyllostachys vivax " Aureocaulis" . The Green Barcode Bamboo available fmail order with free shipping on line from the Pot and Grass Co. Colchester EssexUK

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Description - Bamboo Phyllostachys vivax   'TheGreen Barcode Bamboo'

• The most cold hardy of the timber bamboos. It can grow huge, but it has a more refined attitude in the more temperate zones like the UK. However Vivax is still capable of producing culms as thick as a mans arm. The culms shoot early in the summer and are an illustrious green with emerging leaves produced from brown flecked buff coloured sheaths. A solitary planting is best to show off the amazing architecturalqualities of this handsome giant.

Phyllostachys is a genus of bamboo from NorthLowlands of China. Some are extremely tough cookies   and very exposuretolerant. This genus offers some of the best ornamental bamboos that are trulyhardy in the United Kingdom .

In their native warmer regions of China theirroot system which is intermediate can wander, however in the cooler moretemperate zones of the UK, apart from one or two exceptions they are remarkablywell behaved and reliably clump forming with slow lateral spread.

Except where indicated on the left,   mostare quite easy to grow with only an annual hair cut and brush out   toworry about. A good organic mulching and an annual feed is always appreciated.Remember to let fallen leaves compost down around the plant to replace valuablesilica.

Most Phyllostachys prefer full sun but somewill tolerate light or dappled shade, apart from that they are not particularabout the soil they are in but preferring heavier richer soils that can be keptevenly moist but not waterlogged.

Once the plants are established they are fairlydrought tolerant however they need to be kept watered until they have a properfoothold.

On the whole mostly pest free. Maybe anoccasional attack of Aphids Mealy bugs   Vine weevil or the dreaded mite.If you don't mind chemicals spray with a propriety insecticide or alternativelyuse one of the organic sprays now available. If mites are the problem cut downthe canes and burn them along with any fallen leaves and spray the surroundingarea with miticide.

Maximum   Height and Width in 10 Years.

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