Alphonse Karr Bamboo Hedge
It has beautiful green and gold striped culms with attractive bushy green foliage.
Alphonse karr bamboo hedge. It responds well to pruning and at a height of 20 35 feet is suitable for many urban landscapes as either a privacy screen or feature plant. Clumping bamboo great for hedges or tall screens. This bamboo makes a wonderful container plant. Attractive stems are brilliantly striped green on yellow with new growth pinkish and green.
Tall with occasional pruning. Alphonse karr is commonly considered a collector s bamboo. The colour deepens with age. Featuring brightly striped canes of yellow and green this bamboo makes an excellent centerpiece and conversation piece not to mention an amazingly beautiful hedge or screen.
Probably the best looking of the hedging bamboos al karr bamboo always attracts attention. Alphonse karr will naturally grow between 3 4mtrs in height and can be easily trimmed down in height if need be read maintenance tips here. Bambusas generally grow a very tight cluster of canes and alphonse karr is no exception making it an excellent choice for a privacy screen where a clumping bamboo is desired. Clumping bamboo is great for hedges or tall screens.
This cultivar is shorter and more upright than the common hedging bamboo and it always looks good even in melbourne s winter. Pinkish shoots become green striped yellow culms. Tolerance of full sun makes it versatile though the canes will show significant die back in the winter if exposed to temperature colder than 20 f. I separated the bamboo into 3 sections and now in nov of 2008 the new shoots are exceeding 8 feet in height and the clumps have grown from a dozen shoots to about 30 each.
Alphonse karr is a small golden bamboo perfect as an ornamental feature or a light privacy screen in garden beds or pots and troughs. I planted one 5 gallon 5 foot tall alphonse karr in may of 2007 after preparing a 16 long x 2 wide x 3 deep trench along a south wall that was dug sifted and admended. As a hedge can be maintained at 8 to 10 ft. Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr.
3 4 spacing center on center is ideal for creating a dense privacy screen. Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr. Bamboo canes when cut will produce significant side growth that will extend approximately 2 feet above the height of the cut cane. This is mainly due to the plant s great adaptability versatility and beautiful attributes.
It like other forms of bambusa multiplex are among the best bamboos for a well lit area indoors. For large quantity discount consideration please message us and we ll put together a quote for you. A subtype recognized by the american bamboo society willowy has extremely subtle differences in the draping effects of its leaf and culm appearing otherwise virtually identical to its parent greenhedge.