Grow Golden Chinese Bamboo and Yellow Cane Bamboo – Add Colour To Your Garden

Yellow cane bamboo (Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. aureocaulis) is a spectacular bamboo that closely resembles the Golden Chinese Timber Bamboo (Phyllostachys vivax ...
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Chinese Dwarf Bamboo Plants You Should Know

Chinese dwarf bamboo plants are great undercover plants. Most of them prefer shade to part-shaded sites. They are ideal small ...
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Edulis ‘Chinese’ Moso Bamboo

Phyllostachys edulis Moso Bamboo is also referred to as Phyllostachys pubescens or Tortoise-shell bamboo. Moso bamboo is a very tall running ...
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Golden Chinese Timber Bamboo Phyllostachys Vivax

Golden Chinese Timber Bamboo Vivax is a tall and thick running bamboo, best for tall hedges and screens. The golden ...
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Red Chinese Fountain Bamboo [Fargesia nitida Volcano]

Fargesia nitida ‘Volcano’ is a stunning, non-invasive bamboo, its other names are Chinese Fountain Bamboo 'Volcano', Red Fountain Bamboo or ...
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Chinese Bamboo Plants: bamboos are native to Asia, the Pacific and South America especially in the China and South-East Pacific region of Niugini.

In the UK, the pollination of bamboo flowers has given rise to a multitude of hybrids bamboos.

Chinese Bamboo Plants

This page is dedicated to the Chinese Bamboo Plants and hybrid bamboo that thrive in the UK climate. You will find the most sought-after bamboo like the Golden Chinese Timber Bamboo, Chinese Fountain Bamboo and other Golden Chinese bamboo varieties.

Where to Buy Bamboo Plants in the UK

Here are the reputable UK Home and Garden shops where you can get your bamboo plants from. Located in the UK, they deliver to your doorstep, packed and ready for planting.

Click on the link/s to go straight to the Bamboo page. There, you can check out the prices and compare the common Running and Clump-forming bamboo plants from the varieties Phyllostachys and Fergasia.

Propagate Chinese Bamboo

If you want to propagate bamboo from seeds or cuttings or by separation, you’ll find the articles useful. Each article identifies the best qualities and features of the bamboos. And gives insight into how to propagate them.

Propagating bamboo is a delicate endeavour because the new plants need good soil, moisture and protection from slugs and bugs. Check out my videos for inspiration, I showed the challenges of propagating bamboo plants by separation and from culm and rhizome cuttings.

Grow and Care

Although the bamboo plants are tolerant and undemanding in many instances, they will need care as they grow, care in terms of containing the spread of rhizomes, cutting the old culms to feeding them with fertilizers. In fact, you may be required to do this once a year.

As the Chinese bamboo plants grow, you do not have to worry. All you have to do is sit back and enjoy the lush greenery they provide.

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