Green panda bamboo Fargesia rufa 'Green Panda'

'Green Panda' is a cultivar clumping bamboo in the Poaceae (grass) family and is native to China.  Clumping bamboos are not invasive as are the ones with running roots.

This plant grows 6-10 feet tall and wide, rarely flowers and has a vase shape with arching stems. It is evergreen, cold-hardy, heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant and deer-resistant. "Green Panda' does best with some protection from the hot afternoon sun and cold winter winds. It prefers fertile, moist, well-drained soils in part shade but will tolerate full sun and average well-drained garden soils.

 This short clumping bamboo makes an elegant upright arching fountain of stems with culm sheaths that are reddish-brown. 

Being evergreen, it makes a good hedge for a privacy screen. You can also use this plant in containers and around paved areas such as patios and pools.  

Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No significant problems.

VIDEO created by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee.