Phyllostachys aurea (Golden Bamboo)

Phyllostachys aurea
Golden Bamboo

Free S&H on groups of four.
3 gallon $40 each. $10 S&H per divison.

Phyllostachys aurea

Beautiful 'Golden' bamboo above is used for privacy to screen out their neighbors. This large privacy screen is control just by mowing the yard like they did even before the bamboo was ever planted. While the bamboo rhizomes or roots extend out into the yard it can never establish growth there since each new shoot or cane is mowed during biweekly yard maintenance. This grove is 12 to 14 feet wide and 200 feet in length.

This beautiful evergreen bamboo is used extensively for screening. At maturity the culms grow close together and with it's thick foliage provides an excellent visual and sound barrier. It was the first Phyllostachys introduced into the United States (Alabama in 1882).

Even with a small amount of planting space, this plant can provide a great screen. This planting has been confined to a 3 foot planting area and provides total privacy.

The short swollen internodes at the base of the culms (canes) makes it easily identified. These are also striking characteristics of this species.

The culms are green but turn golden with sunlight and age. This bamboo can grow to a height of 30 feet with a diameter of 2 inches and has a minimum temperature of 0 F. degrees. Here in the southeast P. aurea can grow to over 40 feet in height.

Phyllostachys aurea is perfect for use as privacy screens or sound barriers because of it's low growing branches and the culms that grow tightly together. A grove or large row of P. aurea is almost impenetrable. It is an aggressive running bamboo that will provide a relatively quick screen.

Above photo was taken inside a large grove of mature P. aurea.

Above photo shows how nice 'Golden' grows in a shaded site. It
was planted among pine trees that are over 40 feet in height and
has reached mature sizes in only 6 years.

Below shows some of our 15 gallon size containers of 'Golden'.

Above is a beautiful cane of 'Golden' bamboo. New canes are a striking green and turn golden
with age and sunlight. This bamboo does excellentin USDA Climate Zone 7 and 8. It does
marginal in climate zone 6 reaching about one half its maximum mature size.

In USDA Climate Zone 7 expect mature size canes to be over 30 feet. in height.
In USDA Climate Zone 6 expect mature size canes to be 16 feet in height.

Free S&H on groups of four.
3 gallon $40 each. $10 S&H per divison.

Click here to see several pictures of the lower portion of mature P. aurea 'Golden' culm.

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