Black Bamboo

Black 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 feeding with a high-nitrogen fertiliser in early spring in the early stages and paid for it. running bamboo spread…

Black Bamboo is a genuinely satisfying plant to grow, but I want to be upfront about one thing: die-back after mass flowering which occurs once per lifetime. I've dealt with it twice now and it takes consistent attention to manage. Beyond that, beautiful sound of canes moving in wind makes it one o…

I had a serious problem with new canes not reaching full height in the first year on my Black 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 beautiful sound of …