Red Margin Bamboo
Phyllostachys rubromarginata
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5-11 Find Your Zone
Type: Running
Height: Up to 60′
Spread: 10’+ with no control
Suggested Spacing: 4-6′ for privacy screen
Culm Diameter: 3″
Sun: Full Sun or Part Shade
Soil: Average
Growth Rate: Fast
Description
One of the best Bamboo species we offer and a top seller, if you want a very dense, quick bamboo grove or privacy screen that will grow under almost any conditions: in cold and hot climates, in sun or shade, inland or along the coast where there is salt air and wind, the Red Margin Bamboo might just be the one you’ve been looking for. Red Margin is one the fastest growing of the screening bamboos we offer and is cold hardy as far north as USDA Zone 5a. It is doing well above 5,000 feet in Denver Colorado!
The attributes don’t stop with cold hardiness…this is one very attractive bamboo. It was named for the small red margins on all the new edible shoots. It has beautiful green canes with long nodes. The canes are a handsome olive-green color with fine reddish striping and the culm sheath borders have pronounced red margin. The beautiful canes are sought for use in arts and crafts. The long spaces between the nodes can reach up to 22 inches on mature canes. The hard wood of this species makes it an excellent timber bamboo.
What’s more? Red Margin Bamboo is salt spray tolerant, grows well in sun or even deep shade, and tolerates poorly-drained wet sites. It provides a medium to tall privacy screen depending on your location.
Average height by USDA Zone
USDA Zones 7-11: 50 to 60 feet height
USDA Zone 6: 20 to 30 feet in height.
USDA Zone 5: 12 to 18 feet in height
Find Your Zone
Landscape & Other Uses
Containers/Pots: Good
Crafts: Good
Edible: Good
Hedge: Too tall
Indoor: Too large – PLEASE SEE: How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors
Ornamental: Excellent
Privacy Screen: Good
Wood Quality: Good
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Bamboo variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Red Margin Bamboo is easy to grow in any average, well-drained but moist soil to wet soils in full sun or deep shade. During the first growing season after planting, water as needed to keep soil around the plants moist, but not soggy or wet. When established, most bamboo will tolerate periods of dry weather, however, will appreciate an occasional deep soaking if the leaves begin to curl from drought stress.
How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors
Red Margin is a running bamboo, which means it spreads. Bamboo can be controlled in a small area (a normal city yard) simply by mowing or stepping on the young shoots. New shoots of some bamboo can also be used for culinary purposes and cooked, much like asparagus. Keep in mind that running bamboo only puts up new shoots for a short time each year and, when they are “shooting,” the new plants are very fragile and easy to destroy. Root pruning or installing Bamboo Root Barrier are other methods to control spread.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Bamboo plants.
How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors
How To Plant Bamboo Plants In The Ground
How To Plant Bamboo Plants In Containers & Pots
How To Fertilize And Water Bamboo Plants
How To Prune Bamboo Plants
How To Stop The Spread Of Bamboo Plants
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Wilson Bros exceeded all expectations.
It feels good to purchase plants from a company that obviously cares about their plants and customers.
Ordering was easy, they emailed me every step of the way until it was shipped to my door, and then followed up a couple weeks after. The plants arrived healthy and carefully packaged. They also enclosed a “how to care for sheet” which was very helpful because my project was delayed a couple weeks.
I couldn’t be happier with my purchase and experience.
Thank you!!!———————————————-You’re welcome! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
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