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Compact Golden Striped Bamboo

Pleioblastus viridistriatus (plee-o-blast-uss vi-rid-ee-stry-AH-tus)

Family: Poaceae Non-native Herbaceous (3-15 ft)

Bright yellow striped bamboo with green stripes of various width that makes a good container plant. It is an aggressive spreader by way of its rhizomes. It is often grown for its foliage. This plant is shade tolerant but will show its best foliage colors in full sun. In warmer climates, it can be grown as an evergreen.

Source: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ↗ NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, 34 attributes.

How it fits the guild

Guild layer 4 - Herbaceous (3-15 ft)
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Companions & Conflicts

Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.

No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.

Also noted by NC State

Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.

Full plant profile

Growing Conditions
Plant type
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Life cycle
Perennial
USDA zones
5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil drainage
Good Drainage
Available space
6-feet-12 feet
NC region
Coastal; Mountains; Piedmont
Mature size
Height: 3 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 0 in. | Width: 3 ft. 0 in. - 5 ft. 0 in.
Growth rate
Rapid
Maintenance
High; Medium
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous (3-15 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Columnar; Erect; Spreading
Leaf color
Gold/Yellow; Green
Leaf value
Showy
Leaf size
> 6 inches long, < 1 inch wide
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Showy, variegated leaves with green-gold irregular stripes
Flower detail
Insignificant
Stem color
Green
Stem detail
1/4" canes
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Non-native
Origin
Central & Southern Japan
Landscape Use
Landscape location
Container; Meadow; Naturalized Area; Pond; Slope/Bank; Woodland
Landscape theme
Rock Garden; Winter Garden
Design feature
Barrier; Border; Mass Planting; Screen/Privacy
Garden tags
#aggressive #air pollution tolerant #drought tolerant #naturalized area #colorful leaves #deer resistant #high maintenance #container plant #shade garden #variegated #weedy
Problems & Resistance
Problems
Weedy

Planted at Hunnicutt

Nobody’s planted this one yet.