As a hedge can be maintained at 8 to 10 ft.
Alphonse karr bamboo hedge.
This bamboo makes a wonderful container plant.
Alphonse karr is commonly considered a collector s bamboo.
Attractive stems are brilliantly striped green on yellow with new growth pinkish and green.
I separated the bamboo into 3 sections and now in nov of 2008 the new shoots are exceeding 8 feet in height and the clumps have grown from a dozen shoots to about 30 each.
Pinkish shoots become green striped yellow culms.
Bamboo canes when cut will produce significant side growth that will extend approximately 2 feet above the height of the cut cane.
Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr.
Featuring brightly striped canes of yellow and green this bamboo makes an excellent centerpiece and conversation piece not to mention an amazingly beautiful hedge or screen.
Probably the best looking of the hedging bamboos al karr bamboo always attracts attention.
This cultivar is shorter and more upright than the common hedging bamboo and it always looks good even in melbourne s winter.
While alphonse karr will reach 25 feet in height if you wish a more controlled growth this bamboo can be trimmed to a much shorter hedge.
Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr.
Tolerance of full sun makes it versatile though the canes will show significant die back in the winter if exposed to temperature colder than 20 f.
Tall with occasional pruning.
Clumping bamboo great for hedges or tall screens.
3 4 spacing center on center is ideal for creating a dense privacy screen.
I planted one 5 gallon 5 foot tall alphonse karr in may of 2007 after preparing a 16 long x 2 wide x 3 deep trench along a south wall that was dug sifted and admended.
This is mainly due to the plant s great adaptability versatility and beautiful attributes.
It responds well to pruning and at a height of 20 35 feet is suitable for many urban landscapes as either a privacy screen or feature plant.
Alphonse karr is a small golden bamboo perfect as an ornamental feature or a light privacy screen in garden beds or pots and troughs.
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Clumping bamboo is great for hedges or tall screens.
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It has beautiful green and gold striped culms with attractive bushy green foliage.
A subtype recognized by the american bamboo society willowy has extremely subtle differences in the draping effects of its leaf and culm appearing otherwise virtually identical to its parent greenhedge.
The colour deepens with age.
It like other forms of bambusa multiplex are among the best bamboos for a well lit area indoors.
