Plant Catalogue
Bamboos
FARGESIA dracocephala £19.00
Tight, clump-forming bamboo, with thin yellowish culms and small dark green leaves. Looks fresh all through winter. Good as a specimen plant or in a very large container. Up to 3.5 metres high.
FARGESIA murieliae 'Jumbo' AGM £14.00
A bamboo for a semi-shaded position. Resistant to low temperatures, best as a solitary clump. Evergreen. Up to 4 metres high.
FARGESIA murieliae 'Simba' £14.00
A lower-growing form, clump-forming and well-behaved. Light green slender culms and masses of small leaves. Lovely in a smaller garden or for mixed planting. Up to 2 metres high.
FARGESIA nitida AGM £18.00
A shade-loving elegant bamboo, with upright dark culms and narrow small leaves. Spreads slowly, can reach 3-4 metres high.
FARGESIA nitida 'Jiuzhaigou' £25.00
Small green leaves on thin red stems. Clump-forming, good for screens/hedges. Sun or will tolerate heavy shade. Up to 4 metres high.
FARGESIA robusta 3cm £21.00
Grown mainly for its frothy foliage and droopy appearance. Olive-green culms mature to yellow-green. Tolerates shade, clump-forming, good for a smaller garden.
FARGESIA rufa £16.00
Olive-green canes mature to lean away from the centre to give a symmetrical elegant appearance. Best as a solitary specimen. 2-2.5 metres high.
PHYLLOSTACHYS bissetii £28.00
Shiny dark green culms and leaves. Makes a fast-growing screen in sun or shade. 4-6 metres high.
PHYLLOSTACHYS nigra f. punctata £30.00
'The Black Bamboo'. There is some variation in colour of the culms, from deeply spotted to solid black. Up to 4 metres high.
PHYLLOSTACHYS vivax f. aureocaulis AGM £30.00
Giant bamboo reaches 10 metres. Yellow culms are striped green. Less vigorous than the species, so suitable for smaller gardens.
PLEIOBLASTUS viridistriatus AGM £10.00
Strong yellow variegated foliage, slow to start but then increases well. 100cm
PSEUDOSASA japonica AGM £18.00
Olive-green culms and large dark glossy leaves. Grows in any soil, in sun or shade and is very wind-resistant. Trim rhizomes to control spread. Makes a handsome clump or good as a hedge or screen.
SEMIARUNDINARIA yamadorii £12.00
Tall, vigorous spreader, forms an attractive screen given space. Greenish-yellow culms which zigzag and arch under the weight of foliage.
Plants awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit are marked AGM.
Plants marked PBR (Plant Breeder Rights) Propagation for resale prohibited.
Plants marked PPAF (Plant Patent Applied For).