Plant Name

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Phyllostachys nigra

Common Name

Black Bamboo

Soil

Sand and Peaty

Sun Aspect

Full Sun or Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Evergreen Bamboo

Height x Spread in feet

12 x 8

Foliage

Dark Green

Cane Colour

The creamy shoots emerge in May, and at first are green, turning glossy black through the summer in the second or third year.

Comment

Clump-forming form. Prune the lower branches and cut back spindly weak growth. Use as a solitary specimen in the lawn, in containers or as screening and hedging.

Available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd.