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Pleiblastus simonii
Simon Bamboo, Medake
Origin: Japan.
| Family |
| Poaceae |
| Genus |
| Pleiblastus |
| Species |
| simonii |
| Category |
| Perennials, Woody |
| Synonyms |
| Arundinaria simonii, Bambusa simonii, Pleioblastus diversus, Pleioblastus pseudogracilis |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 7a - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H6 - H1c |
| Height |
| 3.0 - 9.0 m |
| Spread |
| 0.5 - 1.0 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| Landscape |
| Its wide spread and its attractive shape, make it useful as hedges and screens. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade. |
| Shape |
| An upright wide spreading shape. |
| Pests |
| Slugs. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Dense thickets of slender canes bearing several leafy branches at each node. |
| Leaf Description |
| A thicket of olive-green stems and foliage with narrowly linear leaves to 30 cm long. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Trebah Garden Trust, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Propagation |
| By seed, division, and rhizomes. |
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