giant cane bamboo
Arundinaria gigantea
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
Size5 to 12 feet tall8 to 20 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Grass/grass-like
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, winter
- Bloom color
- Rarely flowers
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Giant cane bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) is a grass for rain gardens and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to wet, loamy soil. It grows fast and spreads by tough rhizomes into open to dense colonies, so give it room. The stems branch into fanlike clusters, and the plant rarely flowers. Birds, bees, and butterflies visit it.
Pairs well with Karl Foerster feather reed grass, Buttonbush, and Pin oak.
Native range
Southeastern United States.