Bio Facts: Kimmei Variegated Buddha Belly Bamboo
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Common Name:
Kimmei Variegated Buddha Belly Bamboo
Scientific Name:
Bambusa ventricosa ‘Kimmei’
Origin:
s. China
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones:
8-11
Light Requirements:
Full sun to part shade
Soil Requirements:
Regular to moist soil
Notes:
- Clumping variety grows up to 55’ tall with a 3” culm diameter
- Very drought and flood tolerant
- Culms turn yellow with green stripes with age
- Large bamboo with a weeping habit great for blocking a view
- Various growth habits, some forms have fairly straight internodes while other forms have short swollen internodes, giving a Buddha belly
