'Green Onion'

Pseudosasa japonica
'Tsutsumiana' (Green Onion)

Plant introduction number (PI) into the U.S .25835

Green Onion makes a great house plant and can be grown indoors to mature sizes.

Green Onion is one of the best to grow inside as it does fine with minimum light requirements.

Do not leave your containers of bamboo outside during the winter months and expect it to live.

In cold climate zones you must move the container into a protected warm area during the cold winter months.

Green Onion is being grown in containers very well and will reach mature sizes if the container is large enough. The largest I have grown in a 15 gallon container is 8 feet tall and has mature size canes. I always start with a 3 gallon size division and place it in a five gallon plastic pot. After one complete year move to a 10 gallon size. After the third year the bamboo should be placed in a larger pot. I prefer a 15 gallon size for this little bamboo. This allows plenty of growing room and this size still allows you to move it out doors during warm weather. After three years and you have stepped up to the largest container, the bamboo will need dividing every other year to allow for rhizome growth. Bamboo in its natural setting is free to roam finding just the right sun light and soil nutrients to grow to its mature species size. In a container it is not capable of this and will rely solely on your care.