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The canes turn yellow in full or partial sun, and deepen into a gold-orange color as the plant matures. Branching and foliage tend to start lower to the ground than many other Phyllostachys species, but some prefer to cut off lower branches to show off the interesting 'tortoise shell' lower part of the canes. [3]
Bambusa vulgaris, common bamboo, is an open-clump type bamboo species. It is native to Bangladesh , India , Sri Lanka , Southeast Asia , and to the province of Yunnan in southern China , but it has been widely cultivated in many other places and has become naturalized in several regions.
Phyllostachys aureosulcata, the yellow groove bamboo, is a species of bamboo native to the Zhejiang Province of China. It is a running bamboo with a distinctive yellow stripe in the culm groove (or sulcus ) that is often grown as an ornamental .
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Cut bamboo is raised clear of the ground and leaned against the rest of the clump for one to two weeks until leaves turn yellow to allow full consumption of sugars by the plant. A similar method is undertaken, but with the base of the culm standing in fresh water, either in a large drum or stream to leach out sap.
Columnist Bill Lamont noticed that some of his trees looked like October foliage in August.
Phyllostachys vivax, the Chinese timber bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the bamboo subfamily of the grass family Poaceae, native to China. It is a tall, robust evergreen plant growing quickly to 8 m (26 ft) or more, with strong green canes to 12 cm (4.7 in) in diameter, [ 2 ] and topped by drooping leaves.
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