Re: MGS tour/fun to touch plants

There was a wonderful plant at Judge
> Hall's
> garden that I would like to identify.  It had bamboo shaped leaves, was
> golden yellow with dark green stripes.  The most fun and surprising thing
> was that
> the underside of the leaves were incredibly silky to the touch.  It was in
> a large pot, near a wood chair, at the southwest (?) corner of the tennis
> court.  Does anyone remember this plant and know what it is?

Angela,

This dwarf bamboo is Pleioblastus viridistriatus (formerly known as
Arundinaria auricoma, or A. viridistriatus).  I also have a plain
golden-leafed form of it.  You may not want to let either one out of a pot.
They are aggressive spreaders--read INVASIVE!  Cut them right to the ground
in winter so that they will put on all new, clean foliage.

John MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USDA zone 9   Sunset zones 21/23
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