Top 10 Best Selling Bamboos
5 Phyllostachys Aureosulcata Spectabilis
There are bamboos to fit just about every job description in the garden and landscape - whether it's working as a border plant, screen, hedge, groundcover, woodlander, solitary specimen or container plant. In fact, there is usually a choice of bamboo qualified for each job.
Screens & Hedges
A frequent characteristic of the modern garden is that there's almost always something that needs to be hidden away such as an unsightly shed or some neighbouring eyesore. These common problems provide a great opportnity to make use of bamboo as a living screen. Varieties like Pseudosasa Japonica, Yushania anceps, Phyllostchys Bissetii, Phyllostachys Glauca or Phyllostchays Viridisglaucescens are ideal where a tall, fast growing screen-effect is required. Fargesia bamboos are also invaluable for screens where there is enough room for the canes to arch over gracefully - our favourites include Fargesia Robusta and Dracocephala. For lower screens try Pleioblastus Humilis, Sasa Palmata or Sasa Veitchii. Although these are some we have picked out as good screens or hedges, most bamboo plants will create an effective screen or hedge - so don't rule out your favourite if we haven't listed it here. Also see our Bamboo Hedging Guide for more information
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Groundcover and stabilising steep banks
Many of the dwarf and small bamboos (those that grow up to about 2 metres) are superb for groundcover, and soon make a dense, weed-suppressing covering of evergreen leaves. We like to use Pleioblastus varieties for a shorter, carpeting effect under shrubs and in woodland, or even to replace a lawn - it can be clipped once a year to create a lawn / carpet. Indocalamus tessellatus and Sasa types are ideal where taller cover is required. Bamboos are also ideal for stabilising soil on steep slopes and river banks. After just a couple of years the network of rhizomes is so well-knitted that the soil is held in place during the most torrential rain (we recommend keeping these watered until established to gain a strong root network).
