Yellow Groove Bamboo (Phyllostachys Aureosulcata) – 3 Gallon Pot (2-4′)

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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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