Bambusa multiplex
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- bam-BOO-suh MUL-tee-pleks
- Description
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Bambusa multiplex is a clumping 'dwarf' bamboo, but consider confining it. There are many cultivars. This plant has upright branches and is slightly arching. It prefers a loamy acidic, high organic matter moist soil. It can withstand some shade or full sun.
Propagating through using the culm in a stem cutting is one way to propagate this plant.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Asian Garden - Zen Garden
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Alphonse Karr'
Stripes of yellow and green - 'Fernleaf’
small - ‘Fernleaf stripestem’
multicolored culms - ‘Golden Goddess’
Dwarf cultivar (up to 10 feet tall) - ‘Silverstripe’
Striped with different shades of green - ‘Tiny Fern’
Dwarf cultivar (up to 3 feet tall) - ‘Willowy’
arching
- 'Alphonse Karr'
- 'Alphonse Karr', 'Fernleaf’, ‘Fernleaf stripestem’, ‘Golden Goddess’, ‘Silverstripe’, ‘Tiny Fern’, ‘Willowy’
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- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Alphonse Karr'
Stripes of yellow and green - 'Fernleaf’
small - ‘Fernleaf stripestem’
multicolored culms - ‘Golden Goddess’
Dwarf cultivar (up to 10 feet tall) - ‘Silverstripe’
Striped with different shades of green - ‘Tiny Fern’
Dwarf cultivar (up to 3 feet tall) - ‘Willowy’
arching
- 'Alphonse Karr'
- 'Alphonse Karr', 'Fernleaf’, ‘Fernleaf stripestem’, ‘Golden Goddess’, ‘Silverstripe’, ‘Tiny Fern’, ‘Willowy’
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Bambusa
- Species:
- multiplex
- Family:
- Poaceae
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Division
- Layering
- Seed
- Stem Cutting
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Asia
- Distribution:
- Florida and Puerto Rico
- Play Value:
- Buffer
- Screening
- Wildlife Food Source
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- This plant is moderately salt tolerant.
- Dimensions:
- Height: 10 ft. 0 in. - 25 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 4 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Semi-evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Arching
- Clumping
- Dense
- Erect
- Spreading
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Green
- Fruit Type:
- Caryopsis
- Fruit Description:
- Seed is produced every twenty years or more and are in the form of grain
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Flowers:
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Insignificant
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Semi-evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Green
- Red/Burgundy
- Leaf Feel:
- Smooth
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 3-6 inches
- Leaf Width:
- < 1 inch
- Leaf Description:
- This plant has culm leaves and foliage leaves.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Cream/Tan
- Gold/Yellow
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Form:
- Straight
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Container
- Recreational Play Area
- Woodland
- Landscape Theme:
- Children's Garden
- Design Feature:
- Hedge
- Screen/Privacy
- Specimen
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Salt
