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Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon' (Striped Running Timber Bamboo) - This beautiful running bamboo grows 35 feet tall with 2-inch-wide golden culms that are vertically green banded, alternately in the sulcus, the groove above the branch bud. Like other Phyllostachys bambusoides the culms are often well spaced. Reportedly grows in a range of soils. Useful as a single specimen plant, in a grove, or as a hedge.
Plant in full sun and irrigate occasionally. Hardy to 5 F. This cultivar was nearly lost when it flowered in the 1990's but has recovered since.
The species plants of Phyllostachys bambusoides are native to China and possibly also to Japan where it is one of the preferred bamboos for construction and furniture manufacture. The name for the genus means "leaf spike" and is in reference to the inflorescences. The specific epithet refers to this plant being like plants in the genus Bambusa. We received this plant from Lew Abe of Abe Nursery and propagated and sold it from 2001 until 2014.
This information about Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon' displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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