PS JAPONICA

PSEUDOSASA JAPONICA (Arrow Bamboo): Ramona Solana Beach
12' height, Shade/sun, 0 degrees F Minimum, Slow spreader.

Classic, dependable plant with no enemies. Usually forms solid vertical mass of medium-size, dark green leaves which cover & enclose plant from ground up to top. Holds culm leaf sheaths and therefore creates less litter than phyllostachys or bambusas. Can make a thick hedge with occasional pruning but no below-grade barrier. Has been flowering since 1950 with no ill effect.
Pandas consumed 12-15 pounds of japonica per day at Busch Gardens, Florida.
Native to Japan & Korea and used to manufacture arrow shafts. Introduced into U.S. from Japan in 1850.
Mulched plants remain evergreen down to -10 degrees F. Heavily mulched plants have underground rhizomes capable of surviving -25 degrees F. David Andrews reports plant evergreen down to 9 degrees & dies to ground at -8 degrees F., but regrows in spring. Does well in Southern Florida. Richard Sturgill planted one in Ketchikan, Alaska in March, 1992.
PSEUDOSASA JAPONICA AKEBONO
First offered at '92 SCABS show, gallon pot for $20 & 5 gallon pot for $40. Does not show shaded variegation well until it gets 24" root system. Sold at 10/95 ABS auction in Savannah for $160.
PSEUDOSASA JAPONICA TSUTSUMIANA

Some mature culms are swollen like bulbs of green onion but ornamental swollen canes are not typical or frequent. For clipping, pruning & bringing out special qualities -

	Plant in 24" or larger pot.
	Let it grow for several years.
	Prune out everything except bulging onion-shaped canes.
	Carefully cut culm sheaths to exhibit shaped culms.
	More of the same every summer to slowly increase size and character.