The short, dark green recurving foliage arises from rhizomes, spreading to form dense, soft mats of at max. 4-5cm high.
Propagation: Divide the rhizomes. Bamboo are invasive, and will grow like crazy if you give them the space.
The basic shapes are: Crustose, like its name sounds, is 'crusty'; Foliose is 'foliage' or leaf like and connects to trees and rocks by small rhizomes; Fruticose appears to be a miniature shrub with tiny branches.
with a large number of species found in Central China, but can now be found in many temperate and semi-tropical areas around the world as cultivated plants or escapes from cultivation. Most of the species spread aggressively by underground rhizomes ...
See also: Plant, Species, Bamboo, Bonsai, Grow
 
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