Golden Bamboo

I had a serious problem with yellowing leaves from drought or nitrogen deficiency on my Golden 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 rapid establishmen…

I've been growing plants seriously for over fifteen years and Golden Bamboo remains a reliable favourite. For anyone starting out: the most critical thing is watering heavily in the first season to establish the root system. Everything else follows from that. yellowing leaves from drought or nitrog…

I planted Golden Bamboo at entirely the wrong point in the growing calendar and spent the first few months wondering what I'd done wrong. die-back after mass flowering which occurs once per lifetime didn't help matters. Once I understood watering heavily in the first season to establish the root sys…

I planted Golden Bamboo primarily for ornamental reasons. What I didn't anticipate was the wildlife it would attract. beautiful sound of canes moving in wind seems to be particularly appealing to bees and butterflies during the main growing period. I grow it in a poolside or water feature surroundi…

Golden 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 installing a root barrier for running bamboo before planting in the early stages and paid for it. yellowing leave…