broad-leaved bamboo

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S. palmata is a vigorous small bamboo forming a thicket of erect stems to 2.5m high bearing dark green leaves to 40cm in length, the tips and margins turning pale brown in winter, giving a variegated effect

Scientific classification

Species: broad-leaved bamboo (Sasa palmata)
Genus: Sasa
Family: Poaceae

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Toxicity: Bamboos
Plant type: 1.5-2.5 metres
Height: 2.5-4 metres
Spread: Evergreen
Foliage: Suckering · Clump forming
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Season of interest: Full shade · Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of broad-leaved bamboo

Distribution map

Japan and Russia

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of broad-leaved bamboo

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broad-leaved bamboo care guide

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
Watering: Full shade · Full sun · Partial shade
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Ideal temperature

Watering

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced perennial feed every four weeks from spring through summer

Pruning

Remove weak, dead, damaged or spindly stems in spring and thin to show off stems to best effect. Cut out any flowering shoots promptly to discourage more from forming - see bamboo cultivation

Propagation

Propagate by young rhizome cuttings and the division of established plants in Spring

Growing

Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, best in partial shade. Protect from cold drying winds. Rampant, creeping rootstock can become very invasive in warm, moist or favourable conditions and need restraining as they have the potential to become a nuisance ; see bamboo control and bamboo cultivation

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