Umbrella Bamboo

Umbrella Bamboo Care

Fargesia Murielae

What is the plant

Like all bamboo varieties, Muriel bamboo is one of the sweet grasses. The name comes from this grass, which is native to southern central China, the daughter of a British botanist Ernest Wilson. Muriel bamboo reaches a height between 1 and 5 meters and grows in dense clumps. The stalks of this bamboo variety have a diameter of 0.5 to 1.5 cm. At each node, up to 10 branches form, at the end of which grow a maximum of 6 elongated narrow leaves (about 6 cm long). Several cultivars of this bamboo are known, e.g. Standing Stone, Flamingo, Green Arrows and others

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Full Sun

Hardiness zone

5 - 9

Difficulty

Easy

Hibernation

Cold Period

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Don’t let the plants dry out.
Pruning
Whether planted out or in containers, remove old culms in the dormant season and not just before or during shooting in case new growth is dependent on old culms! When new culms are fully grown at end of summer or during the fall you can look for any old culms to remove by snipping off at ground level.
Fertilizer
Bamboos do like fertilizer in spring/summer and mulch in winter.

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Sunlight
Different bamboo varieties have different sun and shade preferences. Phyllostachys (comprising a large number of the tall growing, running varieties) do best with 5 hours or more of sunlight per day, whilst Fargesia, Thamnocalamus and Sasa prefer light to moderate shade.
Soil
humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil
Temperature
bamboos are very hardy plants, originating from the mountainous regions or lowland plains of Asia where winter temperatures can drop as low as -25 to -30 degree Celsius.