Pseudosasa japonica
Arrow bamboo, Yadake
Also known as Arundinaria japonica
- Height × spread
- 4m × 3m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
Availability
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About this plant
This is a solid looking bamboo with long slender leaves that are olive green, grey on their underside. The leaves, held alternately on the stem, make prominent inverted V shapes. The cones are beige. It is an easy going bamboo that is popular for screening, and is particularly recommended for use as a stabiliser on banks. Give it a sunny or partly shaded site in soil that is well drained. It is tolerant of salt spray. The plant stands around 4m (13ft) high with a spread of up to 3m (10ft) over a ten year period.
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Stem colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Cube
- Height
- 4m
- Spread
- 3m
- Height in 10 years
- 3m
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Seaside garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Damp and wet soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Architectural, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Bird attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Feed bamboo in pots
For bamboos in pots, it may be easier to feed the plant with a liquid fertiliser diluted in water. Stand the pot on a saucer or tray while the feed in water is absorbed by the plant. This may also help to revive bamboos that cannot be repotted.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring · Planting
Prune bamboo to thin the plant
Remove some of the old canes cutting them off at ground level.
The plant is more attractive if canes are spaced out, rather than crammed together.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.