{"product_id":"china-gold-bamboo-bambusa-eutuldoides-viridi-vittata-china-gold","title":"China Gold Bamboo - Bambusa eutuldoides viridi-vittata ‘China Gold’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChina Gold Bamboo - Bambusa eutuldoides viridi-vittata ‘China Gold’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘China Gold’ is a clumping bamboo planted for its canes: golden yellow culms marked with fine vertical green stripes, rising in an upright clump that works as a colour feature as much as a screen. \u003cem\u003eBambusa eutuldoides viridi-vittata\u003c\/em\u003e widens slowly from a tight crown rather than spreading by running rhizomes, so it sits comfortably along a boundary and needs a setback of only 1 to 1.5m from walls, paving and gutters. 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