Arrow Bamboo
Pseudosasa japonica
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-11 (6b?) Â Find Your Zone
Note:Â Â For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Bamboo variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-11 Find Your Zone Â
Type:Â Semi-Clumping
Height:Â 12-18′ depending on climate
Spread:Â 5’+ with no control
Culm Diameter:Â .75″
Sun:Â Part Sun to Dense Shade. Will tolerate Full Sun with ample water
Soil:Â Average, Moist but Well-drained
Growth Rate:Â Fast
Salt Tolerance:Â Moderate (Salt Spray, minor flooding)
Description
Excellent outdoors or indoors and one of our favorites, the Arrow Bamboo is a very beautiful and cold hardy species with erect canes that are nearly covered in long pointed leaves which can reach up to one foot long by 1.5 inches wide. When left alone and not thinned, this is one of the best bamboo for a solid screen or hedge that tops out at 12 to 18 feet in height. The lush foliage starts just above the ground providing an excellent visual barrier. It tolerates shade and works very well for stabilizing creek banks and other areas prone to erosion. This species is wind and salt tolerant but is less resistant to dryness, and is quite cold tolerant to -0 F when mulched well. Arrow Bamboo doesn’t spread nearly as much as other running species. It is very easy to control and makes a beautiful specimen plant in home foundation plantings, Asian themed gardens, woodland gardens, or landscape borders, and does equally as well in pots or other containers. An excellent indoor or outdoor bamboo. Cold hardy to 0°F.
Landscape & Other Uses
Containers/Pots:Â Excellent
Crafts:Â Excellent
Edible:Â Too small
Hedge:Â Excellent
Indoor:Â Good –Â PLEASEÂ SEE:Â How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors
Ornamental:Â Excellent
Privacy Screen:Â Excellent
Wood Quality:Â Good
Growing Preferences
Arrow Bamboo is very easy to grow and low maintenance. It is a tough and very versatile bamboo that grows well in most any average soil that is moist but well-drained and sun or shade. That said, it does best with morning sun and some shade or filtered sun during the mid afternoon hours. Cold hardy to 0°F.
Though Arrow Bamboo is considered a “running bamboo,” it’s one that spreads very slowly and is very easy to control, so much so that we call it a semi-clumper. Arrow Bamboo can be controlled in a small area (a normal city yard) simply by mowing or stepping on the young shoots. Keep in mind that running bamboo only puts up new shoots for a short time each year and, when they are “shooting,” the new plants are very fragile and easy to destroy. Root pruning or installing Bamboo Root Barrier are other methods to control spread.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Bamboo plants.
How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors
How To Plant Bamboo Plants In The Ground
How To Plant Bamboo Plants In Containers & Pots
How To Fertilize And Water Bamboo Plants
How To Prune Bamboo Plants
How To Stop The Spread Of Bamboo Plants
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Well packaged. Great shape and taller then expected. Very happy with my purchase.———————————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy your purchase for years to come! Thanks for the awesome review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Arrived in great condition, especially for being shipped to the middle of nowhere in Texas in summer! Height was in the expected range, looks fairly healthy. The shipping time was also much quicker than I expected. Good things to say all around~————————————————–Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Beautiful bamboo in great condition, quick delivery. Highly recommend———————————————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
This is exactly the type of bamboo I’m looking for. Graceful, lush, and upright. Instant zen feeling. Bamboo arrived in great condition.————————————————————————Thanks so much for your review. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. 🙂 – Beth | WBG
We have purchased several plants and trees from Wilson Brothers over the past few months. All arrived quickly, were well packaged, and in great condition. The bamboo is perfect for an area of our yard that needs additional privacy. We highly recommend Wilson Brothers!—————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! Thanks for the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Healthy and beautiful, arrived at the estimated time.—————————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Both look good. Have had lots of rain that perked them up. Think they will be fine even in the rocky sandy soil they are in!——————————Hi Billie, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Arrow Bamboo. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
Want to order another one just like it. Please respond……………WBG Reply: Hi Billie, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Arrow Bamboo. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Please contact us via email or telephone to order another. Thanks so much!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
I put my PO Box on the order, and they can’t ship to a PO Box, Customer service was very nice and changed my shipping instructions. Once that was corrected I received my plants in 3 days. I was a bit surprised that they arrived so quickly. The plants were packed securely and arrived in very good shape. It has been two weeks now since I set them out and they are doing great.—————————WBG Reply: Hi Vic, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Arrow Bamboo. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
Just perfect for the spot I’m filling. Well packaged. I gotta buy more! —————- WBG Reply: Thanks for your review of the Arrow Bamboo and hope you enjoy it for years to come. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens
Very nice sized and well packed. Always wanted bamboo and these are supposed to be easy to control as far as spreading which has always worried me about bamboo before.






















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