
Fargesia murielae about 12 feet tall
at Bamboo Garden
Photo copyright:
Dain Sansome, 2006
Photo copyright: Ned Jaquith, 2005
Oggie standing next to a nice, upright clone of
Fargesia murielae. This picture was taken on a rare
sunny day in the Oregon winter.

Fargesia murielae in splendid fall
color. Notice the yellow leaves that are preparing to fall.
Photo copyright: Ned Jaquith, 2007

Photo copyright: Ned Jaquith, 2007
pastel
blue new culms
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Fargesia murielae
Common Name: Umbrella Bamboo
Height: 10 to 14 feet
Diameter: 0.5 inch
Hardiness: -20° F
USDA zone 5 through 9, not for climates with high heat and humidity
(southeastern states).
Considered by E.H. "China" Wilson
(who introduced it
into cultivation in
the USA in 1910) to be one of the most beautiful of all
bamboos, with its soft cascading canopy and lush green leaves. Formerly called
Arundinaria murielae,
this bamboo is equivalent to
Fargesia nitida
in being the hardiest of all bamboos. Like all other Fargesias, it does not have running
rhizomes and needs no containment to prevent spread. It looks best when planted
in an area that gets afternoon shade or dappled sunlight throughout the day.
F. murielae will remain evergreen throughout the year, though it
usually sheds some leaves in Oct./Nov, sometimes showing bright tones of
yellow for about two months.
Fargesia murielae
began flowering in 1992. We have been propagating from seed and
now are offering a new generation which will
not flower for the next 100
years or so.
.
Flowering in 1995
Photo copyright: Jed Doty, 1997

Well established root stock on our one gallon seedlings
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Photo copyright: Noah Bell, 2006
Above and below: A nice Fargesia murielae thriving in total shade at
Dave Crabtree's Shweeash Bamboo.


A clump of Fargesia murielae about 8 feet tall
Photo copyright: Ned Jaquith,
1993
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