Bambusa Alphonse Karr Bamboo
When exposed to bright sunlight the golden color of the culms turns orange red becoming a deeper golden yellow with age.
Bambusa alphonse karr bamboo. This is mainly due to the plant s great adaptability versatility and beautiful attributes. Maximum height 25 feet. This cultivar is shorter and more upright than the common hedging bamboo and it always looks good even in melbourne s winter. The colors of alphonse karr are very striking.
It is a yellow bamboo with green vertical stripes and has a red rose highlight when the canes emerge that gradually fade over the first year of that canes life. Probably the best looking of the hedging bamboos al karr bamboo always attracts attention. Attractive stems are brilliantly striped green on yellow with new growth pinkish and green. The canes can grow to 25 feet tall if left untrimmed and the canes will be 1 5 inches in diameter at maturity.
For large quantity discount consideration please message us and we ll put together a quote for you. Pinkish shoots become green striped yellow culms. Alphonse karr bamboo alphonse karr is commonly considered a collector s bamboo. This bamboo makes a wonderful container plant.
It is a versatile plant in that it can be left to its own devices trimmed into shape or thinned out for effect. As though it were native australian alphonse karr proudly displays in green gold striped culms that fan from the base. Product description i have beautiful alphonse karr or bambusa multiplex alphonse karr bamboo. Bambusas generally grow a very tight cluster of canes and alphonse karr is no exception making it an excellent choice for a privacy screen where a clumping bamboo is desired.
Clumping bamboo is great for hedges or tall screens. Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr a brother plant to green hedge alphonse karr is very similar in all respects with the addition of butter yellow colored culms with irregular green vertical striping. Featuring brightly striped canes of yellow and green this bamboo makes an excellent centerpiece and conversation piece not to mention an amazingly beautiful hedge or screen. Young shoots emerging from the ground are tinged with pink.
3 4 spacing center on center is ideal for creating a dense privacy screen. Wide 5 cm with random green stripes and panel. The alphonse karr bamboo is a medium sized clumping variety as its culms stems grow in a compact symmetrical circle because of its short closely spaced rhizomes. A sought after selection bambusa multiplex alphonse karr bamboo is a medium sized evergreen bamboo with tall upright bright golden yellow canes up to 2 in.
The culms of the alphonse karr bamboo are not green but yellow with a bright stripe of green down the middle. It like other forms of bambusa multiplex are among the best bamboos for a well lit area indoors. Tolerance of full sun makes it versatile though the canes will show significant die back in the winter if exposed to temperature colder than 20 f.