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.
Alphonse karr bamboo images.
Tall with occasional pruning.
The culms of the alphonse karr bamboo are not green but yellow with a bright stripe of green down the middle.
This is mainly due to the plant s great adaptability versatility and beautiful attributes.
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This bamboo was first discovered by luen miller as a dwarf sport found within a grove of bambusa multiplex alphonse karr luan describes this bamboo as follows.
Clumping bamboo great for hedges or tall screens.
This bamboo makes a wonderful container plant.
Besides being much shorter than alphonse karr it is more compact and extremely dense.
Slow form a privacy screen but for most installations a control barrier is not necessary.
If you think of bamboo as a giant grass and water and fertilize regularly the culms should grow 6 8 in 2 3 years and 10 in about 4 years.
Tolerance of full sun.
It appears to have a buddha s belly style stem base swelling with very short internodes and.
The alphonse karr bamboo is a medium sized clumping variety as its culms stems grow in a compact symmetrical circle because of its short closely spaced rhizomes.
Attractive stems are brilliantly striped green on yellow with new growth pinkish and green.
Alphonse karr is commonly considered a collector s bamboo.
Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr is a tropical clumping bamboo great for a small hedge or specimen plant.
Clumping bamboo is great for hedges or tall screens.
Golden hedge clumping bamboo bambusa multiplex alphonse karr if you re looking for a bamboo that combines function beauty and hardiness look no further than golden hedge clumping bamboo.
I have beautiful alphonse karr or bambusa multiplex alphonse karr bamboo.
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.
Alphonse karr bamboo clumps will expand in a circle so you can set the plants at least 4 apart for quick coverage or up to 15 apart for a more leisurely fill in.
Young shoots emerging from the ground are tinged with pink.
3 4 spacing center on center is ideal for creating a dense privacy screen.
Like all multiplex bamboos.
As a hedge can be maintained at 8 to 10 ft.
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It like other forms of bambusa multiplex are among the best bamboos for a well lit area indoors.