Spotted Leopard Bamboo – Phyllostachys Bambusoides ‘Tanakae’ – 2 Gallon Pot

One of our favorites, Spotted Leopard Bamboo, Phyllostachys bambusoides ‘Tanakae’, was named for the unusual and attractive purplish brown spotting on its green canes. The spotting is highly ornamental and the older canes eventually turn black. The high quality wood is rock hard and excellent for wood crafts and and flute making. Tanakae is an excellent substitute for black bamboo on hot, dry sites where black bamboo will not thrive. Spotted Leopard Bamboo has a fast growth rate that you can expect to reach 25 to 30 feet tall in USDA Zone 6 and 35 to 45 feet tall in zones further south. An excellent ornamental bamboo that can be useful for privacy screen, in large pots, and as a specimen when bamboo barrier is used for containment in the ground. Stone Bamboo loves the sun but will also grow in part shade and is hardy to -3°F.

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6b, where this Bamboo is not 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.