Sir Drinks-a-Lot is a Fargesia robusta, commonly called Green screen bamboo · Clumping bamboo · Robusta bamboo.
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Sir Drinks-a-Lot Fargesia robusta
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Watered and rotated toward the sun.
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About this plant
Common name
Green screen bamboo · Clumping bamboo · Robusta bamboo
Scientific name
Fargesia robusta
Sun
Full sun to partial shade; appreciates afternoon shade in hot climates
Water
Keep evenly moist, especially in the first season; dislikes drought but needs drainage
Soil
Rich, moisture-retentive, well-drained loam; tolerates most garden soils
Nickname
Sir Drinks-a-Lot
Fun facts
- The genus Fargesia is named after Paul Guillaume Farges, a 19th-century French missionary and naturalist who collected plants in central China.
- The cultivar Pingwu is sold under the trademarked name Green Screen bamboo for its dense, hedge-like growth.
- As a pachymorph (sympodial) bamboo, its rhizomes expand only about 10 cm per year, so it never runs through the garden.
- Like many Fargesia species, its wild populations in Sichuan form part of the giant panda's natural habitat and food supply.
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