Originally Posted by Randy4ut

Planting the basjoo that close to the "blood leaf" may be fine for now, but in the furture you will definitely have to move the "blood leaf"... I planted 3 basjoo about 6' apart 3 years ago, and this is what they look like by the end of last summer. You may be better to move the blood leaf now and find another spot for it... BTW, where are you located?