Pogonatherum paniceum (Baby Bamboo), Bamboo grass - a beautiful Ornamental Grass with a bushy habit

Описание: Bamboo grass, Pogonatherum paniceum is a perennial and densely tufted grass. It is widely used as an ornamental plant.

It is a type of grass. It has small and fine bright green leaves and grows in a tight clump with a bushy habit. It can be grown in full sun to part shade, though it must be kept constantly moist.

Pogonatherum is perennial grass in Poaceae family. It has small and fine bright green linear lanceolate leaves and grows in a tight clump with a bushy habit. Branches are slender drooping with more number of nodes. A slender, tufted grass, the culms are often reddish, erect and 15-50 cm tall. The leaves are linear, 1.5-7 x 0.15-0.3 cm, flattish and inrolled. The leaf sheaths are hairy only at the junction with the leaf blade. The inflorescence is a terminal spike-like raceme at the end of branches.

Pogonatherum paniceum (Baby Bamboo) - A clump-forming compact grass with a bushy habit to 12-16 inches tall with narrow stems bearing short broad "bamboo-like" leaves congested near the tips. The flowers, which are born down in the foliage, are single racemes of laterally compressed spikelets bearing slender fine awns. The name Pogonatherum comes from the Greek 'pogon' meaning "beard" and 'ather' meaning "flower", which is in reference to the fine beardlike appearance resulting from fine awns. Although from warm tropics this plant has been reported to be hardy to USDA zones 9-10 so it should take some light frosts. Interesting and beautiful in containers, as an edging of a rock garden or ponds, or as a groundcover where it is recommended that it be cut to the ground occasionally to keep the planting shorter and denser. Plant in full to part sun and irrigate well. Often called dwarf bamboo, this plant is actually a true grass that is closely allied to the genus Eulalia. It comes from tropical Asia where it is often used as a fodder grass but is also used worldwide as a houseplant.