Yellow Groove Bamboo (Phyllostachys Aureosulcata) - 3 Gallon Pot (4-6'+)
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Yellow Groove Bamboo (Phyllostachys Aureosulcata) - 3 Gallon Pot (4-6'+)
$69.98
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$69.98
Regular price
$74.00
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Description
Yellow Groove Bamboo
Phyllostachys aureosulcata
Other Common Names: Yellow Groove, Running Bamboo
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-10b Find Your Zone
Type: Running
Height: 30-40'
Spread: 10'+ with no control
Spacing Suggestions: 4-6' for privacy screen
Culm Diameter: 2-2.5"
Sun: Full Sun or Part Shade
Soil: Average, well-drained
Growth Rate: Fast
Description
Yellow Groove is a beautiful and very cold hardy Bamboo handling temperatures down to -10°F. Most of its dark green canes with yellow stripes grow very straight and are rigidly upright and dense to give you a colorful privacy screen of up to 40 feet in height, even near walkways or driveways. What's really neat is that about 1 out of maybe every 10 canes forms a zig-sag pattern at the base. Culm sheath colors appear purple-green usually striped with yellow. Grown mainly as an ornamental, this species is also among the best of the best for its edible shoots, which don't have the acrid flavor when raw.
Average Height by USDA Zone
USDA Zone 7-11: 30-40' in height
USDA Zone 6: around 18 feet in height.
USDA Zone 5: 12 to 14 feet in height.
USDA Zone 4: around 8 feet in height.
Landscape & Other Uses
Containers/Pots: Good
Crafts: Good
Edible: Excellent
Hedge: Good
Indoor: Too large - PLEASE SEE: How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors
Ornamental: Excellent
Privacy Screen: Excellent
Specimen: Good, when contained or in containers
Wood Quality: Excellent
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, 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 in spring.
Growing Preferences
Yellow Groove Bamboo is easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and full sun to part shade. During the first growing season after planting, water as needed to keep soil around the plants moist, but not soggy or wet. When established, Yellow Groove is quite drought tolerant. Exceptionally cold hardy to -10°F
How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors
Yellow Groove is a running bamboo, which means it spreads. Bamboo can be controlled in a small area (a normal city yard) simply by mowing or stepping on the young shoots. New shoots of Yellow Groove Bamboo are edible and used for culinary purposes and cooked, much like asparagus. 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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