The highlights
- Upright bamboo culms that arch with age
- Grows up to 3m (can be kept shorter)
- Evergreen foliage and yellow canes (clumping)
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
Description
- Dragon head bamboo is certainly worthy of the moniker, with its canes roaring upwards while young before arching slightly with age. Also known as fountain bamboo, this attractive plant features verdant foliage, the year-round leaves adorning the culms like an ancient dragon’s scales.
- Starting out a bold green colour, the colour of the stems fade to paler green and yellow shades as they mature. Reaching an ultimate height of just three metres or so, Fargesia rufa is perfect for smaller gardens, and its clump-forming nature makes it much easier to contain. You could even grow this bamboo in a large patio planter.
- Hardy and easy to grow, dragon head bamboo also makes an excellent addition to sensory gardens, with the sound of wind weaving through the plant’s culms offering a true treat for the ears.
- Immensely popular in traditional Japanese tea gardens, this bamboo can be planted alongside acers, peonies and camellias to create your very own Japanese-style garden.
- A recipient of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, dragon head bamboo is deserving of a spot in any British garden.
