Photo copyright:
Noah Bell, 2006
photo copyright:
Noah Bell, 2006
Close-up showing root thorns. |
Max. Height:
25 feet (Significantly shorter in areas with hard frost)
Diameter: 1.5 inches
Hardiness: 15°
F
USDA Zone recommended
8b and 9a
The Square Bamboo is a great ornamental
bamboo. It is a very upright grower and makes a good hedge plant for Zone 9
and warmer places. In colder places it is best used as a specimen or
container plant that can be moved inside for the winter. In
Zone 8 it will sometimes be killed to the ground in very cold winters, but
is still worthwhile due to its beauty. Its upright habit
and graceful foliage make it a excellent specimen for a focal point. The
culms are somewhat square and the nodes have root thorns which are very
interesting. It has a yellow grove on the sulcus of an otherwise dark green
cane. The stripe is not very prominent so often this bamboo is sold as the
regular "Square Stem Bamboo".
photo copyright:
Noah Bell, 2006
C. quadrangularis 'Yellow Groove' planted as an under
story to Phyllostachys vivax.
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