How fast does graceful bamboo grow

Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. The dark green stems are very colorful and add to the overall interest of the plant. Graceful Bamboo is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial with a rigidly upright and towering form. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season.

It has no significant negative characteristics. Graceful Bamboo will grow to be about 30 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 5 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 3 feet from the ground. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. The graceful will provide an excellent privacy hedge for you in this narrow space.

They can be planted on a ' center. Bamboo will drop some leaves. It should never be excessive. Typically, in the late winter early spring there is some leaf drop as new growth pushes in.

Please feel free to contact us at the nursery for more information or jennifer beautifulbamboo. My graceful bamboo plants that I planted last year, have many more taller, and thicker canes, which is great. Some of the older canes, however are thinner and tend to bend way down, particularly when wet. Can I trim these down, or should the wimpier canes just be cut out at the ground? When trimming them, should they be cut just above a notch?

As long as the new canes have leafed out, go ahead and trim out the smaller ones. You may trim them at or just below the soil level. You may also choose to just take some of the weight off the top by trimming just above a node.

Keep in mind, once a cane is cut it will not regrow. It looks like they got broken off when they were pushed into my neighbors storage structure that they were planted to hide. Also all of the leaves are somewhat frayed and look wind burnt. I trimmed off all the ragged ends to the canes down to just above a node. They actually look better now than they did after the storm. There is some new growth and they have not browned any more. Is there anything I can do to help them to survive?

Btw, how can I send you a picture? Sorry to hear about your Graceful, that was a heck of a storm you guys had. It sounds like so far you're doing everything right as far as recovery. Eventually new growth will replace your wind damaged leaves. The only other thing you could do is give them a good dose of high nitrogen fertilizer to help boost recovery.

Also, you may find you need to water them a little more often than usual as those frayed leaves will dry out faster than healthy ones. Feel free to send any pictures to our email at jennifer beautifulbamboo. Your Graceful Bamboo looks gorgeous, and I'm interested in getting it to use as a privacy screen, but it would be right next to our swimming pool. What is the leaf drop with this bamboo? Is it foolish to consider planting it right by a swimming pool because of potential mess from the leaves?

Any advice would be appreciated! The graceful works well in a tight space, such as near a pool. There is some leaf drop. Nothing like oak trees though. Typically, you will see some drop in the late winter or early spring as new growth pushes in. This should never be excessive. Please contact us at the nursery for more information jennifer beautifulbamboo. We have graceful planted along the perimeter of our yard against a fence.

Some of the shoots are growing at an angle or leaning into the yard. I have tied some canes to the fence to help support vertical growth. Any advice on keeping a more uniform vertical growth, or should I just cut back those canes. Tying works well for canes that have a more gentle lean, but with a more exaggerated lean it is often easier to just cut the cane out entirely. Alternatively, you can also try trimming a few feet off the top of the cane, to reduce leaf weight holding the cane down.

We've planted 15 graceful bamboos they're doing fantastic had them in since February when it rains really bad they droop is there anything to help to prevent this drooping see if anything. The drooping will happen especially with smaller diameter canes. As the plants mature and larger diameter canes come in there will be less of this. You can trim a little off of the top of a leaning cane to take away some weight.

If you have many canes in the plant, you may choose to remove the leaners completely. You may also loosely tie them up. Hi, I planted graceful bamboo this early spring. I have not noticed any new shoots coming up. Is this normal? The amount of shoots and timing of them will depend on the growing conditions. With good planting soil, water, and fertilizer, the graceful will typically send up new shoots the first growing season.

It is important to keep the weeds and grass out of the bamboo. This will help prevent damaging the new shoots as they emerge. Please feel free to send us some pictures so we can make sure your plants are looking healthy beautifulbamboofarm gmail. We have a very narrow side setback from our neighbors wooden fence, and they just cut down the greenery on their side.

Now we see the wall of their house through our side windows instead of the greenery that was there before. Can we grow a good privacy screen with graceful bamboo in, let's say, a six inch planting bed next to their fence? We're in Southern California, near the ocean. Graceful is typically ideal in a narrow area due to its tight and upright growth style. The sun should be fine since it grows 25 feet tall it will reach the sun.

Could you send us a picture of the area to jennifer beautifulbamboo. That will give us a better idea as well if that will work. Bamboo is an instant gratification plant and even 3- or 7-gallon size bamboos will form a solid wall of green in one growing season if planted in a rich soil that is fertilized and watered regularly.

Our son, Toby, stands next to a young clump of Graceful that has had some of its lower leaves clipped off on order to better see the canes. When using Graceful to block off unsightly objects, we often suggest clipping leaves off the front canes and not the back ones. That way you can appreciate Graceful's attractive 1" to 1.

But sometimes you don't want to wait even one season to block off an unsightly object or create that tropical paradise look. In that case, starting off with a larger plant like those in or gallon containers is the way to go. In the photo below, Tim is standing next to some of our gallon and gallon Graceful plants. Like all our bamboos, Graceful is also available in 3-gal and 7-gal containers. Ken, a customer from Tampa, emailed to say how pleased he is with the screen provided by the 9 Graceful bamboos he installed in August Bamboos in larger containers have bigger root systems, which can support more culms as well as larger diameter and taller canes.

Sherry and Ralph,. It has been almost a year since we installed the Graceful bamboo I purchased from you. High Plateau Coconut Palm. Next product. Shady Lady. Add to wishlist. Description Graceful Bamboo or Bambusa textilis gracilis, also known as Slender Weaver, is a noninvasive, tight clumping bamboo.

Sunlight Based on Variety Certain varieties of bamboo require more sunlight than others. Bamboo varieties that do not require a lot of light and prefer partial shade, especially during the heat of the day, include plants in the Sasa, Fargesia and Thamnocalamus genera.

Why is my outdoor bamboo dying? So if just a few of your bamboo stems and leaves are turning yellow, this is probably normal attrition. Problematic yellowing bamboo leaves can be due to low soil nutrients, boggy soil or overwatering, lack of water, or stressful growing situations. If you want help for yellow bamboo leaves, check the soil regularly. Does bamboo need a lot of water? Bamboo likes a lot of water, but it also needs a well-drained soil.

While it is necessary to saturate the entire planting area when growing running bamboo plants, you can restrict watering for clumping types to the area around the base or "clump" of the plant.

When can I transplant bamboo? Bamboo plants can be a bit finicky when it comes to transplanting, yet if you treat them right, they'll spread all over the new area in very little time.

Never transplant your bamboo when new shoots are forming; early in the spring or late in the fall are the best times. How high does gracilis bamboo grow? Gracilis grows in Sydney to a height of 6 — 8 meters, depending on factors such as spacing between plants, quality of the soil, nutrients and sun.

As a general rule, the closer you plant the clumping bamboo, the bushier it will get but height will also be restricted as a result.