Fargesia scabrida Southwest Garden Plants then becomes a near parchment

then becomes a near parchment color by midwinter

Aster mongolicus 'Hortensis' blends well into any perennial border by softening more dramatic color contrasts

Aspidistra 'Ginga Giant' is a 2007 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction of an Aspidistra elatior seedling from Florida's Robin Lennon

95-558) This 2008 Plant Delights introduction is from a cross involving Hosta 'Swoosh'

Fargesia scabrida Southwest Garden Plants then becomes a near parchmentFargesia scabrida is a relatively newly cultivated and highly coveted upright Chinese clumping bamboo. First described in the 1970s, plants of Fargesia scabrida from 8,800' elevation in Ping Wu county in Sichuan Province were finally imported to Holland by Jos van der Palen of Kimmei Nursery in 1997. Fargesia scabrida has a habit similar to Fargesia robusta as it forms a 12' tall clump prized for its large foliage and prominent leaf sheaths which