Plant in full sun. Hardy to 15 degrees F. Edible shoots. Good for an accent plant in tropical and Asian themed gardens where there is room - this is a BIG plant!

This plant is native to Guangdong Province and nearby Hong Kong in southern China. The name for the genus comes from the Dutch word 'bamboes' or 'bamboo' that was a modification of Malay word 'bambu' and the specific epithet honors Captain Frederick William Beechey (1796–1856), an English Naval Officer, explorer, geographer, artist, and navigator whose naturalist on his ship, G.T. Lay, collected this species after the ship anchored in China in 1827.

We grew this attractive large bamboo from 1994 and though we still have stock plants and could have continued to grow it, we decided it was too big for most gardens and we discontinued production of it in 2009. We have an amazing huge plant in our main garden that has formed a solid 20 foot wide clump with arching culms reaching over 50 feet tall. 

The information displayed on this page about Bambusa beecheyana is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.