How to Grow and Care for Golden Bamboo Indoors

In This Article

• Care
• Growing Indoors
• Container
• Soil
• Repotting
• Moving Outdoors
• FAQ

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Golden bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea) is one of a few bamboo plants that can grow inside. Most bamboos require a lot of sun and humidity to grow well, which is not easy to achieve for indoor plants. Many confuse “lucky bamboo” plant (Dracaena species), a smaller bamboo-looking plant that grows in water, as an easy-growing indoor bamboo plant, but it is not a bamboo plant.

Bamboo has over a thousand plant species, and several tower 50 feet or more in the wild. Golden bamboo is a true bamboo with bright green upright canes that turn golden with age and sunlight. It has narrow, lance-shaped leaves growing in clusters on short stems from canes.

Golden bamboo grows quickly and can easily spread. It’s best planted in the spring or early fall, though indoors, you generally can plant it any time of year. Potting bamboo keeps it contained and more manageable. Indoors, it won’t grow as large, usually about 5 to 8 feet tall.