• Eventual Height: 5m
  • Eventual Spread: 3m
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Phyllostachys nigra

black bamboo

Size: 5 litre pot 60-70cm   available within 3-4 days   £35.99
Size: 10 litre pot (1m)   available within 3-4 days   £44.99

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  • Position: full sun or partial shade
  • Soil: humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: fast growing
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    One of the most elegant bamboos, with polished, damson-black mature canes and dark green leaves. The slender, arching canes, which are dark green for the first two or three years, look perfect in a contemporary, minimalist garden particularly if the low-growing foliage is stripped. Although this is not one of the more vigorous and invasive bamboos, it is advisable to restrict the roots using a rigid, non-perishable barrier to prevent the plant from colonising adjacent plantings.

  • Garden care: Plant in a large container or surround the roots with a non-perishable barrier that restricts the plant's spread. Water regularly until established. Bamboos do not like competition, so are best planted en masse in a designated area of the garden.


    • Eventual Height: 5m
    • Eventual Spread: 3m
    Phyllostachys nigra - black bamboo The only black bamboo