Add an exotic touch to your garden or patio with the wonderfully statuesque, graceful stems of Golden Bamboo! This Phyllostachys will create a superb architectural focal point in your garden, with arching, butter-yellow canes attractively striped with green. The slender, bright green leaves remain evergreen for year-round interest. Bamboo is ideal to grow as an attractive screen, plus it is useful as a leafy understorey in woodland gardens. Easy to grow and fully hardy, Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis holds a prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit for its garden performance and makes an elegant specimen for borders or large patio containers. Height: 6m (20'). Spread: 3m (10'). When growing Golden Bamboo in pots, choose soil-based compost such as John Innes No. 3. Repot the plant, firming well into the new container, then water well and position in full sun or semi-shade. Alternatively plant Golden Bamboos directly into borders in any moist, free-draining soil. Bamboos dislike poor, d