page_title: Phyllostachys aureosulcata
section_title: Cultivars and Forms
hierarchical_section_title: Phyllostachys aureosulcata / Usage / Cultivars and Forms
caption_attribution_description: English: bamboo shoot, phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Lama Temple', two year old division
context_page_description: Phyllostachys aureosulcata, the yellow groove bamboo, is a species of bamboo native to the Zhejiang Province of China. It is a running bamboo with a distinctive yellow stripe in the culm groove that is often grown as an ornamental.
context_section_description: Several forms and cultivars of this species exist in a variety of culm color patterns. P. aureosulcata f. spectabilis reverses the colors of the typical form with yellow culms and a green sulcus. This form has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The form aureocaulis has all-yellow culms and the cultivar 'Lama Temple' has culms of a brighter yellow that taper more rapidly to a shorter overall height. 'Harbin' has green culms with multiple vertical ridges and irregular streaks of yellow. Culms of 'Harbin Inversa' appear yellow with many thin green streaks, while lacking the ridges characteristic of 'Harbin.'
  A sport of spectabilis called 'Argus' shares the same robust growth qualities and color as spectabilis but with additional green vertical stripes scattered around the whole circumference of each culm.
  The all green form 'Alata' lacks any yellow culm coloring.
  In spring, yellow portions of new aureosulcata culms that receive direct sunlight during the early cool hours of the day can develop a red tint or magenta blush that lasts for a couple months.
caption: Young shoot of Phyllostachys aureosulcata cv. 'Lama Temple'
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