Fargesia nitida ~ Blue Fountain Bamboo groundcover The foliage is a glossy

The foliage is a glossy dark green before turning dull red or burgundy in fall

(2) Photo by The Plantography Project

Azaleas are excellent pollination and butterfly attractors

The narrow deep green foliage is topped by vermillion red daisy-like flowers in summer until frost

Fargesia nitida ~ Blue Fountain Bamboo groundcover The foliage is a glossyBlue Fountain Bamboo is a non invasive clumping bamboo with hollow blue grey to dark purple stems with distinctive nodes. The culms support the delicate looking fountain like plums of light green foliage year round. Grows best with afternoon shade in Southern climates and moist well drained soils. Blue Fountain may have difficultly in high heat humidity summers. Type: Orn. Grass Height: 12' 15' Spread: 3' 5' Spacing: 4 USDA Hardiness Zone: 5 9