Stone Bamboo – Phyllostachys Angusta – 3 Gallon Pot (3-4′)

 USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6-11  Find Your Zone

(Root hardy to Zone 5)

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A very rare species, Phyllostachys anugusta, commonly called Stone Bamboo, was named such for its exceptionally hard culms with thick walls that is used in China for making fine furniture and crafts. The edible shoots emerge a cream color with black spots that fall away to reveal almost perfectly straight light olive green culms. One of the shortest of the Phyllostachys, Stone Bamboo has a moderate to fast growth rate that you can expect to reach 10 to 12 feet tall in USDA Zone 6 and 20 to maybe 25 feet tall in good soil in zones further south. The stand and foliage is thick and impenetrable and the branching low for a dense hedge or privacy screen or as a specimen in large containers. 

Stone Bamboo loves the sun but will also grow in part shade and is hardy to -5°F. It holds up very well to heavy snow loads up to 2 feet and younger canes that bend over will stand up straight after the snow has melted.

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a, where this Bamboo is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

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