Giant Weavers Royal Bamboo (Wong Chuk) - Bambusa Textilis 'Kanapaha' - 3 Gallon Pot
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Giant Weavers Royal Bamboo (Wong Chuk) - Bambusa Textilis 'Kanapaha' - 3 Gallon Pot
$69.98
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$69.98
Regular price
$87.00
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Description
'Kanapaha' Royal Bamboo
Bambusa textilis 'Kanapaha'
Plant Details
Note: This variety will not be ready for shipment until Summer or Fall of 2020
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8b-11 Find Your Zone
Type: Clumping
Height: Up to 50'
Spread: Up to 20'
Spacing: 8 to 10' for screen
Culm Diameter: 2.5"
Sun: Full to Mostly Sun
Soil: Average, moist but well-drained
Growth Rate: Very Fast
Description
Perhaps the most magnificent of the clumping varieties that are evergreen in zone 8, 'Kanapaha' is a stately giant and the largest of the textilis bamboos. This one produces beautiful blue new culms that mature to green and the foliage looks like other textilis but with larger and longer lush leaves. On mature specimens the lower half of culms will be branchless showing off the blue coloration of younger canes...a site to behold! A fast grower to 50 feet, this bamboo forms a tight clump of 2.5 inch diameter culms up to 20 feet wide. So make sure to leave plenty of space to grow. Kanapaha Bamboo loves as much sun as you can give it and is hardy to 15°F.
Landscape & Other Uses
Containers/Pots: Too large over the long term
Crafts: Good
Edible: No
Hedge: Tall
Privacy Screen: Excellent!
Indoor: Too large
Ornamental: Excellent
Wood Quality: Good
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8b, where this Bamboo variety is not reliably winter hardy, you'll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Kanapaha Bamboo is very easy to grow in a moist but well drained soil and full to mostly sun. In quick draining soils it's a good idea to mix in some composted organic matter such as composted cow manure and peat moss with the native soil removed from the planting hole. Mulch well to retain moisture in the soil. Feed three times a year in spring, summer and fall with a natural fertilizer, palm food, or good shrub & tree fertilizer.
Though Kanapaha Bamboo is a clumping bamboo it is a giant among the species. The clump can grow to 20 feet wide over time, so leave it plenty of space to grow. That said, if you want to contain it to a smaller area this can be done. Bamboo can be controlled in a small area simply by destroying the young shoots as they emerge. When they are "shooting," the new plants are very fragile and easy to destroy. Root pruning or installing Bamboo Root Barrier are other methods to control spread.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Bamboo plants.
How To Plant Bamboo Plants In The Ground
How To Plant Bamboo Plants In Containers & Pots
How To Fertilize And Water Bamboo Plants
How To Prune Bamboo Plants
How To Stop The Spread Of Bamboo Plants
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