Dragon Head Bamboo is a small evergreen clumping bamboo with short and slender bright green canes with conspicuous red sheaths and dense glossy blue-green foliage with dull grey-green undersides. The canes are upright when young and begin to arch under the weight of its foliage as it ages. Grows best with afternoon shade in Southern climates and moist well-drained soils. Dragon Head is non-invasive.
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Height: |
6' - 10' |
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Spread: |
6' - 10' |
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Spacing: |
8’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 - 8 |
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N/A |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance plant. Aphids, spider mites, mealybugs, and scale are occasional problems.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Garden, Rock Garden, Foundation Plantings, and containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Japanese Maple, Azalea, Lily of the Valley
IMAGES: Anne Antoni, Fargesia rufa, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Filostachys, Fargesia rufa w Polsce, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Cngodles, Fargesia rufa pa, CC BY-SA 3.0, (4) Ron Frazier, Bamboo Bonsai
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
