Yellow Buddha Belly Bamboo – Bambusa Ventricosa ‘Kimmei’ – 3 Gallon Pot

Salt Tolerance: Moderate

One of the most popular collector’s bamboos available, the Yellow Buddha Belly Bamboo is highly adaptable and exceptionally easy to grow year round outdoors where temperatures don’t drop below 20 degrees F. Otherwise, in colder climates it is ideal for growing indoors as a houseplant, where it won’t reach near the size it does when growing outdoors. When established it is extremely drought tolerant but is also tolerant of wet soils.

An amazing conversation piece, in hot and dry conditions the internodes of the Yellow Buddha Belly Bamboo will swell like a “belly,” hence the name. Sometimes called “Painted Buddha Belly” because its green canes turn to a golden-yellow pinstriped with dark green. The lush, deep to bright green leaves contrast beautifully with the yellow canes. He grows from 35 to 50 feet in height (8 to 15 feet in pots) with a tight-clumping form, and gracefully arching canes that give the entire pant a vase-like shape. A showcase in the garden or containers!

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9a, 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.

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