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Black Bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) – foliage and canes Black Bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra) growing in a tight grove. This species is generally not as aggressive as many other running bamboo species Oldham’s Bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii). This specimen has reached a moderate height of 9m after five years. In loamy soil this species can reach 15-20m tall Oldham’s Bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii) – five year old clump Oldham’s Bamboo (Bambusa oldhamii) displaying its often colourful culms Slender Weavers Bamboo (Bambusa textilis gracilis) bending with the strong Gingin wind. This one is 4.5m tall after five years competing with a hungry couch lawn, and still it looks good Slender Weavers Bamboo (Bambusa textilis gracilis) – close-up of attractive canes and foliage Weavers Bamboo (Bambusa textilis) and Dark Weavers Bamboo (Bambusa textilis fasca) growing very well, despite the harsh conditions and strangling lawn Weavers Bamboo reaching for the sky. This one is 9m tall but the species can grow to 12m or so. The culms have quite thin walls, lending themselves to be split and woven – hence the common name Weavers Bamboo Timor Black Bamboo (Bambusa lako) growing in the drip line of a WA Peppermint Tree (Agonis flexuosa) to protect it from Muckenburra frosts. The peppermint Tree has a much more aggressive root system than does bamboo Timor Black Bamboo (Bambusa lako) culm in the process of changing from green to the species’ characteristic dark chocolate colour
The giant clumping grass Tiger Grass (Thysanolaena maxima) in the foreground with the running Green Onion Bamboo to the rear Tiger Grass (Thysanolaena maxima) on a wet night at Muckenburra. 3m tall, 4m wide, 10 000 beautiful, big, green, leathery leaves. Note the tight base of the clump