FARGESIA DRACOCEPHALA

Probable height in Southern California within 3 years = 5'

Probable ultimate height in Southern California = 8'

Height in Chinese mountain forest habitat above 6,000 feet = 9-16'

Dies around -10 degrees Fahrenheit.

Prefers shade, tolerates heat

A clumping bamboo - rhizomes will not run sideways.

Fargesia rufa

       Very confusing name - up until around 2009 botanist Chris Stapleton determined outside of China it was called Fargesia Rufa and of course then he said we should all be using the Chinese name, which came first.

       Forms a dense clump of solid canes and weeping evergreen leaves. Small plants were originally imported from Germany to the United States in the 1990's.