Tri-color bamboo (Phyllostachys aureosulcata ‘Spectabilis’)
I bought this bamboo at a plant sale at Quail Botanic Garden 4 years ago in a 10-gallon pot. It has beautiful canes, yellow with green groove on alternating sides up the length of the culm. The cane is especially beautiful in spring when it is suffused with red (really purple-red) color. The red color seems to be more intense when the bamboos receiving plenty of sun. The leaves were also variegated early in the spring. The leaves were green with white stripes. So, both the cane and leaf are very ornamental. Unfortunately, the red color faded when the cane matured to pure yellow color with only one patch of green groove per segment. The white stripes on the leaves were also less clear when the leaves mature. It is an evergreen bamboo and the canes seemed to last 2 or 3 years leaves turning yellow. The cane was about 1 inch in diameter and height is about 12 feet. It is a very aggressive runner. Although it is planted in a flower bed surrounded by cement wall,