Silk Bamboo - Bambusa Textilis 'Glabra' - 2 Gallon Pot
$69.98
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Silk Bamboo - Bambusa Textilis 'Glabra' - 2 Gallon Pot
$69.98
Sale price
$69.98
Regular price
$85.00
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Description
Silk Bamboo (Silky Weavers Bamboo)
Bambusa textilis 'Glabra'
Plant Details
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8b-11 Find Your Zone
Type: Clumping
Height: 25-30'
Spread: 6-8'
Spacing: 5' for Hedge or Screen
Culm Diameter: 1.50"
Sun: Full to Mostly Sun
Soil: Average, moist but well-drained
Growth Rate: Fast!
Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Description
With a clumping, non-spreading habit, the Silk Bamboo, Bambusa textilis 'Glabra', also known as Silky Weavers Bamboo, is a beautiful, tall and slender variety excellent for a vertical accent in small gardens and tight spaces. It is also quite cold hardy having withstood temperatures of 15 degrees F at our bamboo farm. The straight, thin walled canes of 1-inch diameter display a predominant bluish white powder on the lower parts of the internodes giving the plant a glaucus appearance. Silk Bamboo is similar to the Graceful Bamboo, however features smooth canes and culm sheaths and is more open clumping. Not yet as popular as Gracilis (Graceful Bamboo), Glabra is certainly attractive and distinctive and is sure to become just as popular with each specimen planted. Makes a beautiful specimen plant!
Note: We grow one crop of the clumping bamboo (Bambusa) varieties annually. Because they will not tolerate temperatures below 12 to 20 degrees F, to avoid damage to plants during transit we begin shipping these in April or May, depending on your location. Click here if you are looking for cold hardy bamboo
Landscape & Other Uses
Containers/Pots: Excellent! (12-15' HT)
Crafts: Good
Edible: No
Hedge: No
Privacy Screen: Okay but best as specimen!
Indoor: Yes, high light - PLEASE SEE: How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors
Ornamental: Excellent
Wood Quality: NA
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
The Silk Bamboo is very easy to grow in a moist but well drained soil and full sun to part shade. Faster growth can be expected with more sun and consistently moist soil. 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.
How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors
Silk Bamboo is a clumping bamboo that does not require any control to contain it. That said, the clump can grow 6 to 8 feet wide over time. If you want to contain it to a smaller area this can be done. Bamboo can be controlled in a small area simply by mowing or stepping on the young shoots. Bamboo only puts up new shoots for a short time each year and, 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 Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors
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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