Tonkin Cane Tea Stick Bamboo - Pseudosasa Amabilis - 3 Gallon Pot

Tonkin Cane Tea Stick Bamboo - Pseudosasa Amabilis - 3 Gallon Pot

$62.98
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 Tonkin Cane Tea Stick Bamboo - Pseudosasa Amabilis - 3 Gallon Pot

Tonkin Cane Tea Stick Bamboo - Pseudosasa Amabilis - 3 Gallon Pot

$62.98
Sale price  $62.98 Regular price  $70.00
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Description

Tonkin Cane Bamboo
Pseudosasa amabilis 'Tonkin Cane'


Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 8a-11  Find Your Zone

Type: Running, slow spreading
Height: up to 50'
Spread:  5'+ with no control

Culm Diameter: 2.5"
Soil:  Average, well-drained
Sun:  Sun or Part Shade
Growth Rate:  Moderate


Description

An exceptionally straight and erect with thick-walled canes, Pseudosasa Amabilis, commonly called ‘Tonkin Cane’ or ‘Tea Stick’ bamboo, is often used to make custom fly fishing rods by artisans and bamboo plant stakes or fencing that you might've used in you landscape and garden. The large leaves makes it a very attractive specimen grove that will have your backyard looking like a tropical paradise! A moderate grower up to 50 feet tall in warmer climates and maybe 30 to 40 feet in cooler climates, this bamboo forms a grove of 2.5 inch diameter canes. Tonkin Cane grows well in sun or part shade and is cold hardy to around 15°F.


Landscape & Other Uses

Containers/Pots: Good
Crafts: Excellent, great for fishing poles, garden stakes and fencing!
Edible: Too small
Hedge: Good
Indoor: Yes, 2 hours minimum of sunlight - PLEASE SEE: How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors
Ornamental: Excellent
Privacy Screen: Good
Wood Quality: Excellent

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8a, where this Bamboo variety is not reliably winter hardy, you'll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up.


Growing Preferences

Tonkin Bamboo is very easy to grow and low maintenance. It grows well in most any most but well drained soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade and is cold hardy to 15°F.

How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors

Tonkin Bamboo is a running bamboo, which means it spreads, but it's a slow spreader that eventually forms a small grove. Bamboo can be controlled in a small area (a normal city yard) simply by mowing or stepping on the young shoots. Keep in mind that running bamboo only puts up new shoots for a short time each year and, when they are "shooting," the new plants are very fragile and easy to destroy. Root pruning or installing Bamboo Root Barrier are other methods to control spread.


Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Bamboo plants.

How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors

How To Plant Bamboo Plants In The Ground

How To Plant Bamboo Plants In Containers & Pots

How To Fertilize And Water Bamboo Plants

How To Prune Bamboo Plants

How To Stop The Spread Of Bamboo Plants


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Care

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