Phyllostachys aurea Albovariegata
(Variegated Golden Bamboo)

• Height: 10 -15 feet (3 - 4.6m)
• Max. Diameter: 0.75" (2cm)
• Hardiness: -20°C (-4°F)
• USDA Zone: 6a
• Light: Full Sun

This cultivar of the Golden Bamboo produces beautiful variegated white striped leaves. Phyllostachys aurea Albovariegata is much smaller in stature, less invasive and a slow grower. Occasionally, there may be some beige or orange tinting as well. The culms of this cultivar exhibit a more denser and clumping growth behavior. Phyllostachys aurea Albovariegata flowered and died out in the late 1990's. A few seedlings raised in North America have produced variegation. Currently a very rare bamboo.

• Phyllostachys aurea Albovariegata

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  Seedling of Phyllostachys aurea Albovariegata grown in pot.

  

• Phyllostachys aurea Albovariegata

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  View of variegated leaves.

  

• Phyllostachys aurea Albovariegata

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  View of variegated leaves.