SEMIARUNDINARIA fastuosa. Narihira bamboo. Japan. A slowly spreading, controllable bamboo, useful as a single specimen or in hedges and screens. It grows 10-25’ tall, depending on cultural conditions, with straight, sturdy, dark green stems. The stems take on dramatic red tints when exposed to the sun. They have many rather short branches above, creating distinct columns. The branchlets are thickly set with dark, shiny 3-6" leaves. Sun or shade, most soils, moderate watering. Hardy to 0^oF. or less.