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Yellow Groove Bamboo - Phyllostachys aureosulcata Description: Phyllostachys aureosulcata is commonly called yellow groove bamboo for the yellow striping on the culms. This is a vigorous spreader that can reach over 40 in height, with a culm diameter a little over 2. In a mature grove, the canopy forms about 6 off the ground, exposing the wonderful crooks that randomly appear on many of the culms. The new culms are a striking, deep green that is un paralleled by any other bamboo (my opinion, of course!). Like most bamboos of the genus, it will do best in full sun, growing in organically rich, well-drained slightly acid soil, and is cold hardy to about -15 degrees F. In western Planting History: I purchased 2 of these bamboo plants from Raintree Nursery and planted them out in a full sun location, March 1998. The original plants each had a single, .5 diameter culm topped to about 3. I amended the native silty loam with about 12 of composted horse manure in summer 1999, which is the only fertilizer it has received. The plants do receive regular summer irrigation. In the course of 6 years, they have spread to fill out a 12 x 20 planting bed, and supplied numerous, large propagations as well. A few inches of wet snow will bend the culms to the ground, and some breakage occurs as well.Click on the next button below to view a picture, or back to plant list |
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