Fargesia nitida 'Jiuzhaigou'

A  number of seedlings of Fargesia nitida collected from Jiuzhaigou Park in Sichuan have given rise to a newly introduced group of clones showing considerable promise as garden plants. 

Their exact characteristics under UK conditions have yet to be fully documented and some of them may take  time to recover their natural growth habit after being produced in quantity by micro-propagation. However, they are all clump forming types with small leaves and plentiful rather thin canes. They are very suitable for light shade. 

 'Jiuzhaigou 1'  - Upright culms  tinted with red. Small leaves. Height 2 to 4m. Has tolerated -20C.

'Jiuzhaigou 2'  - This clone was collected by M. Laferrere and is believed to have an upright habit, growing only to about 6ft. Its culms may lack the red tints of the above. 

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