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Bambusa multiplex cv. 'Alphonse Karr' (commonly known as Alphonse Karr bamboo or Aussie Gold) is a highly popular, non-invasive clumping bamboo prized for its striking ornamental appeal and excellent privacy hedging capabilities. Native to China, this evergreen cultivar typically grows with a dense, upright, vase-shaped growth habit that flares out into an elegant canopy of fine foliage.
Light requirement: Prefers full sun to partial shade.
Water requirement: Moderate
Watering frequency: High water requirement during its initial establishment phase, but transitions to a low-to-medium, highly resilient water requirement once mature.
Soil: It thrives in moist, well-draining soil heavily supplemented with organic matter.
Skill level: Beginner
Growth rate: Fast.
Mature Height: 3-5m
Mature Width:
Seasonality: Evergreen
Drought Tolerant: Tolerant once established.
Frost Tolerant: Frost tolerant.
Wind Tolerant: Highly.
Leaf colour: Emerge as delicate pink or reddish shoots before maturing into brilliant golden-yellow canes distinctively striped with green striations.
Leaf Variegation pattern: Plant is variegated, even though the leaves themselves are solid green.
Size of leaf: 2.5-15 cm long, and under 2.5cm wide.
Flower Colour: Pale
Flower Shape: Bamboo ‘flowers’ appear as straw-like spikelets or grassy tassels.
Flower Fragrance: No
Flower Season: When the biological genetic clock of Bambusa heterostachya eventually signals it is time to reproduce, the flowering cycle unfolds over a multi-year period rather than a single calendar season.
Bambusa multiplex cv. 'Alphonse Karr' (commonly known as Alphonse Karr bamboo or Aussie Gold) is a highly popular, non-invasive clumping bamboo prized for its striking ornamental appeal and excellent privacy hedging capabilities. Native to China, this evergreen cultivar typically grows with a dense, upright, vase-shaped growth habit that flares out into an elegant canopy of fine foliage.
Light requirement: Prefers full sun to partial shade.
Water requirement: Moderate
Watering frequency: High water requirement during its initial establishment phase, but transitions to a low-to-medium, highly resilient water requirement once mature.
Soil: It thrives in moist, well-draining soil heavily supplemented with organic matter.
Skill level: Beginner
Growth rate: Fast.
Mature Height: 3-5m
Mature Width:
Seasonality: Evergreen
Drought Tolerant: Tolerant once established.
Frost Tolerant: Frost tolerant.
Wind Tolerant: Highly.
Leaf colour: Emerge as delicate pink or reddish shoots before maturing into brilliant golden-yellow canes distinctively striped with green striations.
Leaf Variegation pattern: Plant is variegated, even though the leaves themselves are solid green.
Size of leaf: 2.5-15 cm long, and under 2.5cm wide.
Flower Colour: Pale
Flower Shape: Bamboo ‘flowers’ appear as straw-like spikelets or grassy tassels.
Flower Fragrance: No
Flower Season: When the biological genetic clock of Bambusa heterostachya eventually signals it is time to reproduce, the flowering cycle unfolds over a multi-year period rather than a single calendar season.