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Golden Bamboo / Black Bamboo

Golden Bamboo / Black Bamboo
Photo: Bamboo Downunder
Invasive Plant
Golden Bamboo / Black Bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea / Phyllostachys nigra
 

Growing to a height of 6m, with long slender canes and dense graceful foliage. These types of bamboo have a spreading habit and send their rhizomes (roots) underground, often sprouting some distance from the original plant.

 

HOW IT SPREADS

  • Both of these 'running bamboos' send their invasive rhizomes considerable distances from the original plant.
  • They are incredibly difficult to control and are a serious invasive threat.
 
 
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Other superior selections include;

  • Bambusa multiplex 'Gold Stripe' - Gold Stripe Bamboo
  • Bambusa multiplex 'Riviereorum' - Chinese Goddess Bamboo
  • Bambusa multiplex 'Golden Goddess' - Golden Goddess Bamboo

Ask your local retailer for more superior selections

 

Alternative Plants

Buddha's Belly Bamboo
Photo: Barry Naylor
Alternative Plant Buddha's Belly Bamboo
Bambusa ventricosa
Trees and Shrubs
 

Growing to a height of 15m this upright clumping bamboo has small leaves and an erect nature. Individual canes can get to 55mm in diameter and are fattened around the 'nodes' along the cane. It is cold, wind and drought tolerant and grows slow at first but faster as it matures.

Hinterland Lilly Pilly
Photo: Norwood
Alternative Plant Hinterland Lilly Pilly
Syzygium australe 'Hinterland Gold'
Trees and Shrubs
 

Many people use bamboo for narrow screens. This local rainforest plant has a naturally conical shape when left unpruned and grows to a height of 4-5m in cultivation. Beautiful red new growth is an added feature of this excellent cultivar.

Indian Mast Tree
Photo: Norwood
Alternative Plant Indian Mast Tree
Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula
Trees and Shrubs
 

A beautiful tree from tropical Asia with tall straight trunk to 15m and striking conicalcolumnar habit. The leaves are long, glossy and green and held in downward facing fashion forming a curtain like screen. This is an excellent choice when a tall narrow screen is desired.

 
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