Sowing months
Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Weekly
Mature size
8–15 m
First harvest
Screening from year three
Family
Poaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
beauty, biodiversity
Sow in
monsoon
Care
Thin the old culms yearly or the clump gets congested.
Yellow culms striped green; the ornamental clumping bamboo of Indian gardens.
Growing it
Thin the old culms yearly or the clump gets congested.
What it is for
Instant screening; a large terrace tub plant.