Creative garden design reveres bamboo as a majestic privacy screen and praises hydrangeas as magnificent flowering trees. This raises the question of possible decorative combinations. You can find out here whether you can plant the evergreen sweet grasses together with colorful hydrangea bushes.
Can you plant bamboo and hydrangeas together?
Bamboo and hydrangeas are the dream team for the representative garden. Modern garden design has long since discovered bamboo as an impressive solitaire and impenetrable privacy screen. With furious flower balls in bright colors, hydrangeas set impressive accents against an evergreen bamboo backdrop. In addition to the aesthetic pleasure, the following arguments speak for aplanting together of bamboo and hydrangeas:
- Comparable lighting conditions: sunny to partially shaded location.
- Similar soil condition: fresh, moist and loose, permeable garden soil, acidic pH value around 5.5.
- High watering requirement, otherwise undemanding care.
- Bamboo serves as a windbreak for hydrangeas.
Which types of bamboo harmonize with hydrangeas?
Numerous beautiful bamboo species and varieties are recommended for a tasteful combination with hydrangeas. The range extends from the ornamental flat tube bamboo giant to the elegant umbrella bamboo to the space-saving dwarf bamboo. The following selection introduces you torecommended bamboo varieties in more detail:
- Giant bamboo (Phyllostachys bissetii), height 2-4 m
- Red umbrella bamboo 'Jiuzhaigou 1' (Fargesia nitida) growth height 1.5-3 m
- Garden bamboo 'Bimbo' (Fargesia murielae), growth height 1-2 m
- Dwarf bamboo 'Luca' (Fargesia murielae), height 40-60 cm
Which hydrangeas go well with bamboo?
Hydrangeas with a preference forpartially shaded locations like to have a decorative dialogue with bamboo. Occasional shade from the evergreen planting partner is tolerated well by these hydrangea varieties:
- Farmer Hydrangea 'Adria' (Hydrangea macrophylla), pink to blue flower balls.
- Panicle hydrangea 'Little Quick Fire' (Hydrangea paniculata), white, later pink to dark red flowers.
- Ball hydrangea 'Schloss Wackerbart' (Hydrangea macrophylla), green-yellow to red-pink flowers with a blue eye.
- Garden hydrangea 'Annabelle' (Hydrangea arborescens), football-sized, white flower balls.
Tip
Root barrier tames bamboo runners
A stable root barrier (€36.00 at Amazon) guarantees that bamboo runners and hydrangeas do not get into each other's enclosure. The focus is on wild bamboo species, such as flat cane bamboo (Phyllostachys), Japanese arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) and dwarf bamboo (Pleioblastus pygmaeus). However, you can do without a rhizome barrier when planting umbrella bamboo (Fargesia). All species and varieties of this clump-forming bamboo genus do not form invasive root runners.
