When exposed to bright sunlight the golden color of the culms turns orange red becoming a deeper golden yellow with age.
Alphonse karr bamboo plant.
Pinkish shoots become green striped yellow culms.
Probably the best looking of the hedging bamboos al karr bamboo always attracts attention.
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.
Tolerance of full sun.
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 is commonly considered a collector s bamboo.
Bambusa glaucescens alphonse karr clump forming bamboo.
It like other forms of bambusa multiplex are among the best bamboos for a well lit area indoors.
The colour deepens with age.
Attractive stems are brilliantly striped green on yellow with new growth pinkish and green.
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.
This species should only be planted in climate zone 8 and above.
A sought after selection bambusa multiplex alphonse karr bamboo is a medium sized evergreen bamboo with tall upright bright golden yellow canes up to 2 in.
As a hedge can be maintained at 8 to 10 ft.
The alphonse karr bamboo is a bright yellow green striped bamboo with stems that are up to 1 and a half inches in diameter.
Young shoots emerging from the ground are tinged with pink.
This bamboo makes a wonderful container plant.
Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr.
Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr is a tropical clumping bamboo great for a small hedge or specimen plant.
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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.
This is mainly due to the plant s great adaptability versatility and beautiful attributes.
Maximum height 25 feet.
The culms of the alphonse karr bamboo are not green but yellow with a bright stripe of green down the middle.
This cultivar is shorter and more upright than the common hedging bamboo and it always looks good even in melbourne s winter.
Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr a brother plant to green hedge alphonse karr is very similar in all respects with the addition of butter yellow colored culms with irregular green vertical striping.
Wide 5 cm with random green stripes and panel.
It has green foliage and is hardy to 16 degrees able to grow 25 to 35 feet tall.
Clumping bamboo great for hedges or tall screens.