Scientific name: Sasa veitchii

Common name:  kuma bamboo

Family name: Poaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 6

Mature height and spread: 1.5-2.5m tall and 2.5-4m wide

Form: arching, ground cover

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: simple. Alternate.

Fall colour: none.

Flower/cone/fruit description: insignificant.

Limitations: vigorous; rhizomes. Needs to be constrained. Prune down every 3 years to get rid of mites and variegated colour.

Suitable uses: ground cover. Will tolerate drought.

Quick ID: evergreen. Shrub. Japan. Bamboo. Simple. Alternate. Lanceolate. New leaves green; old ones have edges that start to die and turn yellow (natural variegation). Wide and lanceolate leaves.