species
Fargesia murielae
Umbrella bamboo · Umbrella bamboo (Fargesia)
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Fargesia murielae belongs to the family Poaceae, also known as Umbrella bamboo or Umbrella bamboo (Fargesia), introduced to the UK. It reaches 3 m tall and 1.5 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam or clay soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 3 m tall × 1.5 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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