PLEIOBLASTUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS

 

3' height, Shade/sun, 10 degrees F Minimum, Runner.

 

        Forms very vigorous clumps of dark purplish-green culms 6-7' high, elegant grassy foliage.  Introduced from Japan about 1895.

        Little Big Man - "I could eat it or salute it with my left rear leg."

        Hermine - "What he means essentially is this is a plant for diverse purposes; whereas it is elegant in a container, yea even fountain-like, one can also plant it in a bare spot the size of Chicago & be confident a Bamboo bramble will

appear in a jiffy."