
Photo: Daderot · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bloom colours
slate, green
What actually matters with this one
Larger and hardier than black bamboo, with grey-green canes. Strip the lower branches to show the culms off.
How to grow it
- Light
- full sun
- Water
- Even moisture
- Hardiness
- Zones 6-10
- Height
- 8-15 m
- Flowers
- Rarely
- Difficulty
- moderate
Plant it alongside
Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.



