Arrow Bamboo

After growing Arrow Bamboo for over a year here is what I'd tell a beginner. First: installing a root barrier for running bamboo before planting is not optional — it's the foundation everything else depends on. Second: new canes not reaching full height in the first year will happen and you should …

My first attempt at Arrow Bamboo failed — die-back after mass flowering which occurs once per lifetime got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again. The second attempt, with proper attention to watering heavily in the f…

I had a serious problem with new canes not reaching full height in the first year on my Arrow Bamboo earlier this year. Caught it late and had to work hard to bring the plant back. The experience was frustrating but educational. Now that it's healthy again I can fully appreciate exceptional tensile…

I nearly gave up on Arrow Bamboo after three months of mediocre results. Then I focused properly on watering heavily in the first season to establish the root system and within a few weeks the difference was dramatic. It now lives in a privacy screen along a boundary fence and has genuinely transfo…

I brought Arrow Bamboo home six months ago with high hopes and almost no knowledge. The first challenge was understanding feeding with a high-nitrogen fertiliser in early spring — something I hadn't expected to matter so much. Once I got that right, the whole thing settled down. I grow it in a pool…

Here are my notes from twelve months of growing Arrow Bamboo: Spring: new shoot emergence in spring growing at remarkable speed. This was the moment that confirmed the whole venture. I focused on feeding with a high-nitrogen fertiliser in early spring during this period which set up the rest of the…

Arrow Bamboo is clearly a great plant — I can see that from other people's results. Mine has been decent but not spectacular, and I think I know why. I underestimated the importance of removing the oldest and most congested canes each spring in the early stages and paid for it. die-back after mass …

I want to be honest: I'm not getting great results with Arrow Bamboo and I'm not entirely sure why. yellowing leaves from drought or nitrogen deficiency has been a recurring problem despite my attempts to address it. I've been focusing on watering heavily in the first season to establish the root sy…

I don't have a garden so a poolside or water feature surrounding planting is my only option for Arrow Bamboo. It absolutely works — with the right attention to removing the oldest and most congested canes each spring you can get excellent results in containers. rapid establishment and fast vertical…

Someone gave me Arrow Bamboo as a birthday gift and I barely knew what it was. Two years later it's my most treasured plant and I've spent more time researching it than I'd care to admit. The key discovery was removing the oldest and most congested canes each spring — once that clicked, the plant t…