Bambusa textilis gracilis - Slender Weavers Bamboo

The most popular landscaping bamboo species which is disease free, very hardy with straight and tight growth which forms individual clumps.  Once planted they grow quickly, usually full grown within 3 years. 

A 300mm pot size will be approx 2m tall, please see second photo for a good indication of what this pot size looks like.  The first photo shows Bamboo that has been pleached (lower branches removed).

Size: 5-7m tall

Growth rate: Fast

Temperament: Very cold tolerant.  Suitable to all areas of Australia.

Positioning: Full sun to part shade

Perfect for: Privacy screening, fast screening pleaching, feature planting, fence lines, windbreak.

Plant spacing: Plant every 70cm - 1m apart depending on how dense and quickly you want your screen to form.  You can also plant further apart.  

We can also source other varieties of bamboo (Please email us):

Bambusa compacta

Bambusa eutuldoides viridi-vittata China Gold

Bambusa heterostachya Variegated Malay Dwarf

Bambusa multiplex Goldstripe

Bambusa oldhamii Oldhams Bamboo

Bambusa textilis Gracilis - Slender Weavers Bamboo

Himalayacalamus porcatus Nepalese Blue

Phyllostachys nigra – Black Bamboo

Pseudosasa japonica – Japanese looking ornamental

Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda

Sinobambusa tootsik Bamboo

Thysanolaena maxima - Tiger Grass

Drepanostachyum falcatum Himalayan Weeping Bamboo