Fargesia nitida

Common name:  Blue Fountain


Our Fargesia nitida is the new generation of plant material, meaning that

it has been grown from seed.  Our plants will not be flowering for another one hundred years!  The 

young culms of the Blue Fountain bamboo are a waxy blue to white color. The older culms are dark 

purple to red.  Mature plantings tend to have a cascading or some what weeping look.  The foliage is 

dainty, elongated to oval shape. The Blue Fountain is very winter hardy, down to- 20ºf and ours take 

up to 100º f in the summer, but we have our beds in deep shade under the canopy of a row of 

Pseudotsuga menziesii, Douglas firs trees, getting only a little very late afternoon dappled sun.  High 

heat mixed with high humidity would probably fatal for the fargesia nitida, so this might not be a 

plant for those in the southeast states.   New shoots branch out after 2 years.  

Synonyms:  Fargesia spathalea, Semiarundinaria nitida

Common name:  Blue mountain bamboo

Height x Diameter:  12' x .5"

USDA zones:5-9, find your zone here Maya Gardens Inc - USDA zone map

Minimum temperature:  -20°f

Light:  Full shade

Culm:  Dark purple, blue white when young.

Uses:  Specimen, hedge, container, screen

Distribution  China

Spread  Clumping

Planting and care

Pricing: 


Size                    Price each   

#1                        $18.00  (Sold out for 2010)

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