Description
Semiarundinaria okuboi 🎍
Common Name: Okubo Bamboo
Type: Running Bamboo | Bold & Decorative 🌿 | Evergreen & Hardy 🌾
Semiarundinaria okuboi is a robust and highly ornamental bamboo known for its thick-walled culms, vibrant green foliage, and overall bold presence in the landscape 🎍🌿. Growing up to 20 feet tall, this bamboo has a more substantial, muscular look compared to other species, with broad leaves and sturdy canes that make it perfect for creating dramatic, natural screens or lush garden backdrops.
Tolerant of wind, sun, and varied soils, S. okuboi is both hardy and adaptable, offering fast growth and excellent screening potential. Its dense foliage and vertical structure also make it a favorite for modern, tropical, or Japanese-style gardens 🏡🌱.
🌿 Key Features:
📏 Height: 15–20 ft (4.5–6 m)
📐 Spread: Running (contain with rhizome barrier or root pruning)
❄️ Hardiness Zones: USDA 7–10
🎍 Growth Habit: Upright, full, and bold
🌿 Culms: Thick, rich green, strong-walled
🍃 Foliage: Broad, deep green leaves with dense coverage
🌤️ Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
🏡 Uses: Privacy screens, windbreaks, feature planting, tropical borders
✅ Why Choose Semiarundinaria okuboi?
🌿 Strong, upright form with thick, bold canes
🎍 Excellent for fast-growing privacy or windbreaks
🍃 Broad, lush foliage for a tropical look
🏡 Versatile and hardy across many landscape styles
✅ Low maintenance and high impact
For gardeners looking for strength, beauty, and structure, Semiarundinaria okuboi delivers with its lush growth and commanding form 🎍🌿.
Very hardy and fast growing, Okuboi can take high wind and weather. It’s a good choice for thick, dense growth and 15′ or so of height coverage. The canes are very slender but also strong and upright in character with wide, tropical looking leaves.
Okuboi grows well in large containers and needs to be thought out if you put it in the ground. We’ve kept ours raised in a mound, supplemented with seasonal maintenance and it’s perfectly contained. If you’re thinking about a privacy screen or a large planting, we can extend the price to large rootballs too.
