Fargesia robusta Ping Wu Leonotis after our -9 degrees F

after our -9 degrees F arctic blast in 1984

(aka: Vernonia angustifolia A2GA-003B) In 1998

Emei (near Sichuan)

This strange mutation of H

This is a tidiness issue and not a health of the plant issue

Fargesia robusta Ping Wu Leonotis after our -9 degrees FThis selection of the heat tolerant clumping Fargesia robusta is much shorter than other selections of the species we grow, forming an 8' tall x 2' wide deer resistant clump in four years. The upright, arching stems spread out to 9' wide, forming a superbly elegant specimen clump or if you can afford enough a great green screen. Myths of much more cold tolerance have been thoroughly busted. For years, we sold this as Fargesia 'Green Screen', until we