fish-pole bamboo

Also known as: golden bamboo; yellow bamboo

A graceful evergreen bamboo producing large clumps of bright green canes 2.5-3.5m high becoming yellowish with age and exposure. Leaves linear-lanceolate are yellow to golden-green , to 18cm in length

Scientific classification

Species: fish-pole bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea)
Genus: Phyllostachys
Family: Poaceae

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Toxicity: Bamboos
Plant type: 4-8 metres
Height: 2.5-4 metres
Spread: Evergreen
Foliage: Suckering
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of fish-pole bamboo

Distribution map

China

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of fish-pole bamboo

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fish-pole bamboo care guide

Deep watering weekly, tolerate brief seasonal droughts
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
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Watering

Deep watering weekly, tolerate brief seasonal droughts

Fertilizing

Light bamboo feed once annually at spring new shoots

Pruning

Remove weak, dead, damaged or spindly stems in spring and thin to show off stems to best effect. Cut out any flowering shoots promptly to discourage more from forming - see bamboo cultivation

Propagation

Propagate by division in spring

Growing

Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade. Protect from cold drying winds. In a container grow in a loam-based compost and feed with a balanced liquid fertiliser on a monthly basis during the growing season. After flowering prune back hard and feed with balanced fertiliser. May remain clump-forming in poor or dry soils but can become invasive in warm, moist or favourable conditions; see bamboo control and bamboo cultivation

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