Phyllostachys nigra is a beautifully tall, arching and award-winning bamboo, with polished ebony black mature canes and dark green leaves. The slender, elegant canes, which are deep green for the first two to three years, look perfect in a contemporary, minimalist garden.

This beautiful and vigorous plant propagates primarily through rhizomes and is considered a running bamboo. In small gardens, it is best restricted in suitably large containers, planted out in a partly sunken pot, or planted within a root barrier placed around the root mass to maintain an appropriate spread. Please see our bamboo control system here.