You should keep this in mind when planning

There are worldwide 47 genera with over 1300 species. Bamboo is not just bamboo and it is not just green: The rhizome-forming flat-tube bamboo Phyllostachys has yellow-green stripes to matt black, depending on the variety. The bamboo species and variety is huge and is divided into these four groups:

• Dwarf bamboo up to 1.5 m in height
• small bamboo 1.5 m to 3 m
• medium bamboo 3 m to 9 m
• Giant bamboo over 9 m

Which bamboo for which garden?

What role should bamboo play in the garden? Guardian, protector, shade provider or exotic eye-catcher? Bamboo plants fulfill many wishes. As a container plant for the terrace and balcony. In the pot as an ornamental plant. If you are planning a secluded garden, you can Plant bamboo as a hedge. As a privacy screen for a cozy seat by the garden pond and not only there, but also outside the garden as Ornament and nibble grass in the aquarium.

You shouldn't choose bamboo solely on the basis of its location, the nature of the soil or its beauty. In addition to the individual growth behavior, its winter hardiness and susceptibility to wind are particularly important. For gardeners and hobby gardeners, the two most important groups of bamboo are:

• Phyllostachys, the flat tube bamboo
• Fargesia, the umbrella bamboo

In the mild winter climate, the flat tube bamboo reaches heights of up to 9 meters and stems up to 5 centimeters thick as giant bamboo. Its filigree leaves with the decorative stalks convince every garden owner. Phyllostachys vivax Aureocaulis, for example, is yellow with green vertical stripes. Phyllostaxgys nigra shows purple-brown to almost black markings on older stalks.

Umbrella bamboo tolerates drought better than other varieties. As a medium-sized bamboo, it can reach a height of 4 meters. Its picturesque overhanging crown acts as a source of shade. It only forms short rhizomes.
There is also the group of ground cover such as Sasa and Pleioblastus with a height of only 1 meter. Because of the urge to spread Limit the bamboo with a rhizome barrier!
Good to know: Rhizome-forming bamboos require significantly more care and space. They are less suitable for a small garden plot.

The clumpy growing species are particularly easy to care for, evergreen, hardy and can be shaped and cut to suit your mood. As a single solitary plant in the garden, as a potted or potted bamboo, they meet all the requirements for an easy-care bamboo garden, even on a small plot of land. Only the bamboos of the genus Fargesia garden bamboo and borinda are eligible for this.

The best conditions for an easy-care bamboo garden

Have you selected and purchased an easy-care and clumpy bamboo for your garden? Congratulations! Now you can get active in the garden. Optimal bamboo location prepare accordingly. Dig a planting hole twice the size of the plant. Fill the drainage with expanded concrete or gravel so that no waterlogging occurs. Then Aushuberde 1: 1 with Mix special bamboo soil and fill in. Maintain a pH of 6.5. This is ideal for the growth of the bamboo.

After watering the root ball, you can use the plant new bamboo. Do not forget to water the bamboo well and with lime-free rainwater or energized bamboo water to pour. The bamboo will also need water regularly over the next few weeks, possibly one organic bamboo fertilizer and some care so that it takes root well. Not until spring Cut bamboo before new growth!

Bamboo as a versatile garden plant

Bamboo can highlight beautiful things as well as hide disturbing things. There are hardly any limits to ideas and possible uses for bamboo:

• as a hedge plant, it offers privacy and wind protection
• Structure generator for different garden areas
• creates an atmospheric atmosphere in the garden
• a green eye-catcher even in winter
• suitable as an easy-care ground cover
• creative plant for indoors and outdoors

Depending on the type of bamboo, the plants are used individually or in combination with other plants as:

• Single specimen plant: design of indoor and outdoor surfaces.
• Group planting: Bamboo plants provide a large jungle feeling as a grove.
• Hedge: For evergreen, opaque privacy and wind protection.
• Edging: For spatial separation of garden areas.
• Background planting: contrast with other plants.
• Underplanting: Dense greening under trees and bushes.
• Ground cover: easy-care, robust greenery.
• Slope reinforcement: Through a dense network of rhizomes.

Tips & Tricks

Under neighboring law, bamboo is treated like an ornamental shrub. Therefore comply with the specified limit distances. In root-forming species Rhizome barrier invest!