Clumper or Runner: Runner

Height / diameter / Internode: 6-8 m / 5 cm / 10 -20 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch: Pale, golden-yellow canes, reddish when young, sometimes striped with green near the base / up to 18 cm / 2 branches emerge from each of the nodes

Potted/Garden/Commercial:  Potted / Garden / Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate: – 25°C / cold hardy temperate

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH :  – /- /Clay, Dry , Well Drained, Sand / pH 5.5 -7.0

Uses: Hedging or for grove.

Species: Phyllostachys aurea, P. Bambusdoides / Fish pole Bamboo

Clumper or Runner: Runner

Height / diameter / Internode: 2 – 8 (12) m / 2 – 3 (9) cm / 10 -20 cm

Color / Leaf length / Branch: Young green, older yellow / 5 – 15 cm / arise in pairs from the middle of the culm and higher

Potted/Garden/Commercial:   Garden / Commercial

Minimum Temperatures / Climate: – 18°C / Tempered to tropical

Water needed yearly / Altitude / soil / pH:  Up to 2 000 mm /0 – 1 400 m / best on rich or sandy but well drained / pH 6.0 – 7.0

Uses: Walking sticks, umbrella, fan handles, fishing rods, furniture, construction, ornamental purposes & privacy hedges, bamboo pipes. The ‘knotty’ compressed lower internodes render it desirable among collectors.