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Fargesia denudata

Naked Clumping Bamboo

Plant Type:

GRASSES & GRASS-LIKE PLANTS

Fargesia denudata – ​Fargesia denudata is a semi-weeping clumper with golden culms (canes) and stout branchlets. Sometimes called the Naked Clumping Bamboo, this one can handle a bit more sun than the others but too much harsh afternoon sun is ill-advised. Foliage is rich, glossy green. Clumping. Division. These pots are bursting and a bargain. In the north spring planting is strongly recommended.


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Height:

10-15 ft

Zone:

(5b)6 to 8(9)
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Characteristics and Attributes for Fargesia denudata

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Four Seasons
  • Spring / Summer / Autumn

Interesting Bark

  • Colored

Nature Attraction

  • Deer Resistant

Light

  • Dappled Shade
  • Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade

Attributes

  • Border
  • Massing
  • Screen
  • Accent
  • Hedge

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Medium

Soil

  • Fertile
  • Moist
  • Woodland
  • Acid

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.