
Photo copyright: Jed Doty, 1997

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Photo copyright Ned Jaquith 2004 |
Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon'
Common Names: Castillon,
Kimmei Madake (Japanese)
Expected Height: 35 feet
Diameter: 2.5 inches
Hardiness: 5°
USDA Zone recommended 7
through 10
Bright yellow at sheath fall, this is one of our most beautiful
bamboos. This bamboo flowered along with
Phyllostachys bambusoides in the 1960s. It was saved in
China and Japan, from where it was re-imported to Germany and then into the United States
by The American Bamboo Society. It is slower spreading than most other
Phyllostachys.
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Photo copyright: Ned Jaquith, 2003
Bright colors on the new shoots. |