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Needmore Bamboo
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| Phyllostachys
Nuda - This is where I split
from the pack in terms of hardiness ratings, as Nuda
is usually listed as the hardiest Phyllostachys but that has not been my
experience. It is possible that my cultivar has been misidentified but all
physical traits support the Nuda descriptions.
Perhaps this species is very slow to develop it's eventual hardiness as
it was not until 5 years in the ground that mine wintered over without top
kill. It surely does not like windy sites as leaf burn occurs at temperatures
well above zero. The cultivar 'Localis' reportedly
has dark blotches on the lower portion of the culms but this is not yet
apparent on my young plant. As the elongating spring shoots are developing into culms, Nuda tends to be a very dark green, eventually fading to a gray-green with prominent white powder rings under the nodes. Best sited in full sun, I expect this bamboo to exceed 20 feet by 1 1/2 inch diameter in Zone 6. I have seen a mature Nuda grove in a warm Zone 6 and it has reached impressive size there - 30 feet by 2 inches - with extremely strong wood for utilization. Even this mature grove showed leaf burn while an adjacent grove of Phyllostachys Makinoi - rated as hardy to 0F - showed little leaf burn. I will keep my fingers crossed and an open mind about the 'potential' hardiness of this species and for this reason I will give Nuda an 'A' hardiness rating until more time has passed. |
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| 3
year old Phyllostachys Nuda |
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4 year old Nuda in 2007 |
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Nuda
'Localis' 2007 |
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