Arundinaria variegata
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Arundinaria variegata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Pleioblastus variegatus (Miq.) Nakai
- Bambusa variegata Miq.
- Arundinaria fortunei Rivière
- Sasa variegata (Miq.) E. G. Camus
Other taxa in genus
- Arundinaria anceps
- Arundinaria angustifolia
- Arundinaria aristata
- Arundinaria chino
- Arundinaria chrysantha
- Arundinaria disticha
- Arundinaria falcata
- Arundinaria falconeri
- Arundinaria fastuosa
- Arundinaria gigantea
- Arundinaria graminea
- Arundinaria hindsii
- Arundinaria humilis
- Arundinaria japonica
- Arundinaria jaunsarensis
- Arundinaria marmorea
- Arundinaria murielae
- Arundinaria murieliae
- Arundinaria nitida
- Arundinaria pumila
- Arundinaria quadrangularis
- Arundinaria simonii
- Arundinaria spathiflora
- Arundinaria tecta
- Arundinaria tootsik
- Arundinaria vagans
- Arundinaria viridistriata
Stems up to 31⁄2 ft high, very slender, the strongest only 1⁄8 in. diameter, the pipe up the centre very small; joints 1 to 6 in. apart; stem-sheaths persistent, hairy at the base. Leaves 2 to 71⁄2 in. long, 1⁄4 to 1 in. wide, rounded at the base, dark green copiously striped lengthwise with creamy white – sometimes it would be more correct to say ‘white striped with green’; hairy on both surfaces, especially beneath; both margins toothed; leaf-sheaths hairy when young; secondary nerves three to five both sides the midrib.
Native of Japan; cultivated by Van Houtte of Ghent before 1863. This is the prettiest white variegated hardy bamboo we have, giving a very bright effect from late summer up to Christmas. It is of tufted habit, but spreads rapidly, and is easily increased by division. It has not yet flowered in cultivation.