This beautiful  bamboo is a landscaping favourite,  the best bamboo to hide your neighbours, give privacy and stay looking good.  Featured in many gardening magazines - disease free, straight growing.  Hide your neighbours fast or add a windbreak... can be planted in a confined area.  When mature has swaying leaf mass at the top and tight culms that are impenetrable. Culms usually 10-20 mm wide. Very suitable for planting in sunny sandy or windy areas will even tolerate some frost.  Plant 1.25m apart for a tight screen . Can be trimmed to size - suggest plant in garden beds  more than half a  metre wide.