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Bamboo is the perfect screening plant. Smaller varieties are suited for planters as well as ground. All bamboo varieties prefer good drainage but well watered and will grow faster if watered over summer.

If you choose a planter it is important to have a watering system for best results. Feed in Spring, Summer and Autumn. Jungle Flora Bamboo sells the optimum fertiliser for container grown plants. Please enquire.

IF YOU ARE AFTER SHELTER BAMBOO FOR LARGER PROPERTIES THEN BAMBUSA OLDHAMII IS THE BEST VARIETY. WE ARE OFFERING A CHEAPER RATE FOR ORDERS OVER 40 PLANTS. $1000.00 FOR 40 PLANTS WILL DO 80 METRES OF WINDBREAK. BAMBUSA OLDHAMII WHEN ESTABLISHED IS ALSO AN EFFECTIVE SECURITY SOLUTION.

Information and pricing for our bamboo varieties are broken down to small, medium and large. Please scroll down.

AFTERCARE NOTES FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO CARE FOR BAMBOO AFTER YOUR PURCHASE
Bamboo aftercare information

Small Bamboo

Bambusa multiplex – Golden Goddess

3-4m Tall

Perfect bamboo for smaller gardens. It is very easy to hedge and also clips well. Perfect for troughs and pots.
Despite its name this is NOT a golden variety. It is green.
Cold hardy to -12C

Recommended planting spacing 500mm -750mm

SIZES AVAILABLE

PB8	0.5 – 1m	1 -2 canes	$35.00 +gst
PB28 1.5m	1.5m	4-6 canes	$120.00 +gst

Medium Bamboo

Himalayacalamus hookerianus – Himalayan Blue Bamboo

6 -8m Tall

Blue bamboo has attractive 3cm blue canes if grown in the shade. They turn pink if grown in the sun. What I love about this bamboo is the soft and graceful leaves and very blue new culms.
It makes a dense screen and best left unclipped to show off its gracefulness.
A good alternative to Black Bamboo which is an invasive runner.
Light shade. Cold hardy to -5

Recommended planting spacing 1m

Sizes available:

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PB8 1m 1-2 canes $65.00 + gst

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PB28 2+m 3-4 canes $185.00 + gst

Bambusa multiplex – Alphonse Karr

5-6m Tall

Attractive gold and green striped canes. 3cm canes.
Perfect as a medium sized hedge and suitable for planters.
Useful for garden stakes.

Sun or shade. Cold hardy to -12C

Recommended planting spacing 800mm – 1m

Sizes available:

PB8

1 -1.2m

1-2 canes

$35.00 +gst

Bambusa textilis gracilis – Slender Weavers Bamboo

6-8m Tall

Due to demand we’re growing more so will be out of stock until March.

Our most popular bamboo for hedging. It can provide screening from 3 – 8m as it is easy to trim to the desired height.
It can be planted in a narrow space by reducing the canes to the desired plant width. (minimum 40cm)
Its upright habit and bushiness make it the perfect screening hedge.
Left alone it will make a bushy hedge or the canes can be pleached by removing the branches. This gives a modern architectural look.
Perfect for containers. Useful for garden stakes.
Very fast growing, reaching screen height in 2-3 years depending on which size you purchase.
Sun or shade. Cold hardy to -7C

Recommended planting spacing 800mm – 1m

Sizes available:

PB8	1 – 1.2m	1 -2 canes	$45.00 +gst
PB28	2.2m – 2.8m	3-4 canes	$145.00 +gst

Large Bamboo

Bambusa oldhamii – Windbreak Bamboo

10-15m Tall

Tall bamboo. Used on large properties as a wind break or boundary fence. 5-10cm culms.
Bambusa oldhamii is the most effective and popular choice in New Zealand for shelter for farms, horticultural blocks and lifestyle blocks. One grower has used it to stop people stealing his avocado crop.
Once established, this variety becomes a thick impenetrable hedge.
Canes are perfect for making fences, stakes and garden screens.
Edible shoots.
Sun or shade. Cold hardy to -6

Recommended planting spacing 1.5 – 2m.

Sizes available:

PB8	1 – 1.5	1-2 canes	$35.00 +gst
PB28	1.2 – 1.5m	3-4 canes	$95.00 +gst

PB8 bulk price $1000.00 + gst per 40 plants and $25 plus gst ea thereafter. 40 plants will create shelter for 70 – 80m
This bulk option only applies to Bambusa oldhamii

Contact

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