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Fargesia robusta

Umbrella Bamboo

Plant Type:

GRASSES & GRASS-LIKE PLANTS

Fargesia robusta – Golden canes with a diameter of 1” on mature plants, wider than other fargesias, is one of its many attractive features. Fargesia robusta tends to be more of an upright grower as a younger plant cloaked in rich green, glossy foliage. As the plant achieves some size it begins to weep more giving credence to one of its common names, the Umbrella Bamboo. A strong grower, as with F. denudata, this bamboo is tolerant of more sun. In the north spring planting is strongly recommended.


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Height:

14-16 ft

Zone:

(5b)6 to 8
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Characteristics and Attributes for Fargesia robusta

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Spring / Summer / Autumn / into Winter

Interesting Bark

  • Colored
  • Handsome

Nature Attraction

  • Deer Resistant

Light

  • Sun Tolerant
  • Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade
  • Mostly Sunny

Attributes

  • Labyrinth
  • Shrub Border
  • Hedgerow
  • Container
  • Evergreen
  • Accent
  • Screen
  • Specimen
  • Grass Garden

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Moderately Fast

Soil

  • Draining
  • Fertile

Origins

  • China

Propagated By

  • Division

Genus Overview: Fargesia

Fargesia is a genus of honest-to-goodness clumping bamboos. They are elegant in breezes, beautiful as specimens and can make a soft, plush refined hedge or screen. Evergreen in milder climates they lose their foliage here in USDA zone 5b. Though they do unfurl some leaves during mild spells in winter – where there were bare stems suddenly there are green blades as if having arrived by magic, surprising and heart warming, pointing in the direction of things to come. Some morning sun is tolerated, dappled conditions are excellent, but protection from afternoon sun is advised for most. Fertile, draining soils that are neutral to modestly acid on the Ph scale are fundamental. Organic mulches of chopped leaves or wood chips are a definite benefit. Planting Fargesia near asphalt or cement walkways or roads may or may not be an issue but best to err on the side of caution. The running bamboos can and will become a problem when planted adjacent to tar, cement, stone work or rubber EPDM liners holding water in a man-made pool. All of the following offerings are divisions of our stock plants.