Semiarundinaria fastuosa ‘Viridis’

Description

Semiarundinaria fastuosa ‘Viridis’ 🎍
Common Name: Green Temple Bamboo
Type: Running Bamboo | Tall & Upright 🌿 | Bright & Bold Evergreen 🌾

Semiarundinaria fastuosa ‘Viridis’ is a vibrant green cultivar of the classic Temple Bamboo, prized for its tall, vertical culms and lush foliage that stays bright green year-round 🎍🌿. Unlike the standard form with deep green canes, ‘Viridis’ features light green, almost lime-colored culms, offering a fresh, vivid alternative for elegant screening and architectural impact.

Reaching up to 20 feet, this bamboo creates a narrow, columnar silhouette, making it ideal for privacy hedges, modern garden designs, and striking landscape accents. It thrives in sun or partial shade and tolerates wind and a variety of soils—perfect for gardeners seeking height, color, and structure in one low-maintenance package 🏡🌱.

🌿 Key Features:
📏 Height: 15–20 ft (4.5–6 m)
📐 Spread: Running (use rhizome barrier or root control)
❄️ Hardiness Zones: USDA 7–10
🎍 Growth Habit: Tall, upright, columnar
🌿 Culms: Bright green, smooth, vertical
🍃 Foliage: Narrow, dense green leaves clustered near the top
🌤️ Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
🏡 Uses: Privacy screens, vertical accents, modern gardens, windbreaks

✅ Why Choose Semiarundinaria fastuosa ‘Viridis’?
🌿 Brighter green culms for a fresh, modern look
🎍 Upright, dense growth ideal for screening and structure
🍃 Evergreen and eye-catching year-round
🏡 Perfect for narrow spaces, containers, and formal plantings
✅ Hardy, wind-resistant, and low-maintenance

Add refined height and refreshing color to your landscape with Semiarundinaria fastuosa ‘Viridis’—a bold, beautiful twist on a timeless bamboo classic 🎍🌿.

Although rated to 30 feet our Semiarundinaria fastuosa ‘Viridis has only grown to about 15 feet tall here at Bamboo World.  We estimate it may grow a little shorter than rated here in the Lower Mainland and Greater Vancouver of British Columbia.

This versatile bamboo can be grown in sun or shade, as well as indoors, or outdoors.

Other names for this bamboo are Japanese Palm Bamboo, Narihira, and Green Temple Bamboo.