Dwarf Weavers Bamboo – Bambusa Textilis ‘RG Dwarf’ – 2 Gallon Pot

USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8b-11 Find Your Zone

Type: Clumping

Height:  Up to 18′

Spread:  Up to 8′

Spacing: 4-5′ for hedge or screen

Culm Diameter: 1.25″

Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade

Soil: Average, moist but well-drained

Growth Rate:  Fast

Containers/Pots:  Excellent

Crafts: Good

Edible: No

Hedge: Excellent!

Privacy Screen: Excellent!

Indoor: Good, well-lit – PLEASE SEE: How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors

Ornamental: Good

Wood Quality: NA

RG Dwarf Weavers Bamboo is very easy to grow in a moist but well drained soil and full to mostly sun. In quick draining soils it’s a good idea to mix in some composted organic matter such as composted cow manure and peat moss with the native soil removed from the planting hole. Mulch well to retain moisture in the soil. Feed three times a year in spring, summer and fall with a natural fertilizer, palm food, or good shrub & tree fertilizer.

RG Dwarf Weavers Bamboo is a tight clumping, non-invasive bamboo that can grow to 8 feet or more wide over time. That said, if you want to contain it to a smaller area this can be done. Bamboo can be controlled in a small area simply by destroying the young shoots as they emerge. When they are “shooting,” the new plants are very fragile and easy to destroy. Root pruning or installing Bamboo Root Barrier are other methods to control spread.