Tan coloured culms (canes) with green leaves at the top. Quickly fills any sized pot provided for growth to form a compact grove. Should be barriered using concrete, metal, or hard plastic to a depth of three feet. Grows anywhere, likes water and nitrogen(lawn fertilizer).

Culms (canes) 3 to 6 ft., and very slender, 1/4 inch diameter. Deep green at first then often flushed with purple in sunlight. Grows well in direct sun and rapidly fills container or area allotted. Barriering recommended using concrete, galvanized metal or hard plastic to a depth of three feet.

Most popular ornamental bamboo, canes come up green in first year and turn black in the second. Easily cultivated in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island areas as well as inland. Generally described as clumping bamboo when planted in clay soil, it may run in sandy soil. Peace of mind achieved by barriering with concrete, metal, or hard plastic to a depth of three feet.

Can achieve a height of thirty feet plus in a single growing season but readily accepts cropping without loss of beauty. Leaves grow entire length of cane. As each culm (cane) grows for only one season, later developing canes grow much shorter and remain so. Likes water and nitrogen (lawn fertilizer) and stores fall fertilizer for spring development. Usual delivered height is 2 - 8 feet, starting at $40.