Shibataea kumasaca Drought Tolerant The foliage is the whole

The foliage is the whole show

and bees in a steady procession

and one of the few that will follow a gardener north

Plant her where she may be given space and watchful stewardship

a hybrid of Fothergilla gardenii and F

Shibataea kumasaca Drought Tolerant The foliage is the wholeShibataea kumasaca is the most civilized of bamboos, a low, dense, evergreen kind grown for tidy structure rather than height. The short, broad, oval leaves are unusual for a bamboo, closer to the foliage of ruscus or a small shrub than to the fine blades most bamboos wear, which is why the plant goes by ruscus leaf bamboo. Growing to about four or five feet, the canes zigzag gently from node to node, giving a second common name, zig zag bamboo.