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Sweet Shoot Bamboo - Phyllostachys Dulcis - 3 Gallon Pot

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Sweet Shoot Bamboo – Phyllostachys Dulcis – 3 Gallon Pot

Original price was: $99.97.Current price is: $69.98.

SKU: D2LSC 2935082221 Categories: BAMBOO PLANTS, PLANTS & TREES

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Sweet Shoot Bamboo

Phyllostachys dulcis

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-11 Find Your Zone

Type: Running

Height: 30 to 40′

Spread: 5’+ with no control

Culm Diameter: 3″

Sun: Full Sun or Part Shade

Soil: Average

Growth Rate: Very Fast

Description

Renowned by chef’s worldwide for its delectable shoots, the shoots of the Sweet Shoot Bamboo are prized for their tasty, early season production. It is very popular in China where it is called Vegetable Bamboo. The tasty shoots are used in salads, soups, stews and stir-frys. But that’s not all this species is prized for. Sweet Shoot is also prized for its attractive canes and foliage. Arching, soft green to blue-green culms with occasional white rings grow to 40 feet tall, even in the coldest zones where it will grow. Occasionally there are yellow stripes running up the culms. The 3-inch culms have large diameter for their height and develop thick canes without the incredible height of other Phyllostachys. It performs well and gets big canes in smaller and tighter spaces. The lush foliage consists of creamy white new leaves that age to olive green forming thick, drooping clusters. This one is cold hardy to -10 degrees F and can grow close to full height even with those temperatures. Sweet Shoot is a quick growing bamboo, making it a great choice for a screen, hedge or grove.

Landscape & Other Uses

Containers/Pots: Good, large pots and planters

Crafts: Excellent

Edible: Excellent!

Hedge: Too tall

Indoor: Too large – PLEASE SEE: How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors

Ornamental: Good

Privacy Screen: Good

Wood Quality: Good

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6a, 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.

Growing Preferences

Sweet Shoot Bamboo grows well in most any average well-drained moist to dry soil and full sun to part shade. When established it is exceptionally heat, cold and drought tolerant.

How To Grow Bamboo Plants Indoors

Sweet Shoot is a running bamboo, which means it spreads. Bamboo can be controlled in a small area simply by stepping on or cutting down the young shoots. New shoots of this bamboo bamboo can also be used for culinary purposes and cooked, much like asparagus. 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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Bamboo was extremely well packed and soil was still moist even though the shipment was delayed for snow half way through the shipping. Very healthy and doing well. A little shorter than expected though.———————————————-Keep us posted! Thanks so much for your review. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. 🙂 – Beth | WBG

Plant was received as described. I am very pleased with every item I have ordered from this company.———————————————————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