Bamboos are elegant and beautiful plants that can add an appeal to any place, where they’re planted! You can use this plant to create a strong and aesthetic hedge as well. Let’s have a look at the Best Bamboo for a Hedge and how to maintain it!
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Best Bamboo Varieties for Hedges
1. Seabreeze Bamboo
Botanical Name: Bambusa malingensis
Seabreeze bamboo is a hardy sub-tropical variety and the best choice for coastal areas and can also survive in cool climates and winds. It forms an umbrella-shape and grows up to 30-40 feet tall, making a tight hedge rapidly.
2. Multiplex Hedge Bamboo
Botanical Name: Bambusa multiplex
Multiplex Bamboo is a perfect choice for building lush and thick hedges. It grows in a pencil-like, cane form and attains a height of 15-20 feet in two years. This hedge variety doesn’t ask for much attention and survives in droughts quite well.
3. Alphonse Karr Bamboo
Botanical Name: Bambusa multiplex ‘Alphonse Karr’
‘Alphonse Karr’ is the best clumping variety that can be grown as a hedge. It is easy to maintain and survives in outdoor conditions. As a screen, it reaches up to 20-35 feet tall.
4. Fountain Bamboo
Botanical Name: Fargesia nitida
Fountain bamboo is an evergreen, non-invasive clumping bamboo, that grows up to 10-15 feet tall and 3-5 wide. It is a low maintenance plant and survives well in partial to full sunlight.
5. Arrow Bamboo
Botanical Name: Pseudosasa japonica
It has very large leaves and creates a good privacy screen. This species of bamboo does well in partial shade, however, you have to protect the plant from the wind. As it grows in spreading roots, hence, use a root barrier.
6. Umbrella Bamboo
Botanical Name: Fargesia murielae
Umbrella bamboo features soft, shiny, and cascading foliage. It grows up to 10-15 feet tall and does best when planted in dappled sunlight. As this variety does not have running rhizomes, thus no need to control the spreading process.
7. Fargesia Robusta
Botanical Name: Fargesia robusta ‘Campbell’
This species can make for an upright, taller, and narrow screen. Fargesia is best for hedges since it is a non-invasive that lengths up to 12 feet. It is hardy and wintergreen, and can also tolerate sunlight quite well.
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Maintaining a Bamboo Hedge
Planting
The most important feature of building a bamboo hedge is spacing. It requires at least 3-4 feet of space between the plants. You can plant bamboo during any time of the year, though, spring and fall are the best seasons.
Watering
Bamboo needs deep and regular watering. Make sure that you are not letting the soil go completely dry and keeping it moist always.
Pruning and Care
Maintain the size and shape of your bamboo hedge by regular trimming. Prune the clumping bamboo in fall or spring. Cut off all the droopy and wilted canes; you can find them in the center of the clump. Pruning from this area will assist in the growth of new foliage.
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