{"id":989,"date":"2022-04-17T00:47:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T20:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/?p=989"},"modified":"2022-04-17T00:47:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T20:47:13","slug":"culture-sheet-black-bamboo-phyllostachys-nigra-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/gardening\/grasses-and-ferns\/culture-sheet-black-bamboo-phyllostachys-nigra-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture sheet: black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a hedge in the garden or on a pot terrace, its black canes and fine foliage bring a touch of exoticism.&nbsp;Black bamboo (&nbsp;<em>Phyllostachys nigra<\/em>&nbsp;) is not very cautious and can therefore be grown in many regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fast growing, this medium-sized bamboo (&nbsp;<em>Phyllostachys nigra<\/em>&nbsp;) reaches 6 to 8 m in height in our climates.&nbsp;Its fine, tight culms form a thick screen quite quickly.&nbsp;Olive green when it emerges from the ground, it gradually turns to shiny black.&nbsp;Its fine foliage, of a glossy dark green, very dense from the base to the top of the canes, persists in winter.&nbsp;Its rhizomes are not very invasive in heavy soils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical sheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Situation&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;: rustic down to -20 \u00b0 C.&nbsp;The wind dries up the foliage from -10 \u00b0 C.<br><strong>Exposure&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;: sunny or slightly shaded and sheltered from strong winds.<br><strong>Soil&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;: ordinary, rich in organic matter.<br><strong>Family<\/strong>&nbsp;: Poacea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Planting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In isolated tuft or in hedge, spacing the feet from 1.50 to 2 m, associated with other bamboos with colored canes.&nbsp;It supports cultivation in containers placed outside or in a veranda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maintenance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it snows, shake off the&nbsp;heavy&nbsp;stubble&nbsp;.&nbsp;Wait until the end of summer or fall to&nbsp;install it in the ground&nbsp;, surrounding it with an anti-rhizome barrier.&nbsp;Straw the foot well to protect the roots from the cold.&nbsp;It multiplies by dividing its rhizomes at the end of winter.&nbsp;Bring water in dry weather in all seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Variety<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The variety&nbsp;<strong>&#8216;Boryana&#8217;<\/strong>&nbsp;is even more astonishing than the others with its glaucous green culms speckled with brown like a panther skin.&nbsp;She is also much more vigorous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a hedge in the garden or on a pot terrace, its black canes and fine foliage bring a touch of exoticism.&nbsp;Black bamboo (&nbsp;Phyllostachys nigra&nbsp;) is not very cautious and can therefore be grown in many regions. Fast growing, this medium-sized bamboo (&nbsp;Phyllostachys nigra&nbsp;) reaches 6 to 8 m in height in our climates.&nbsp;Its fine, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grasses-and-ferns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.semsgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}