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Oliveri Bamboo
Thyrsostachys oliveri
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Request photosGetting it in: this size needs about 900mm of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
Looking for a larger size?
Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
Send An EnquiryYou order. We do the rest.
After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Oliveri Bamboo - Thyrsostachys oliveri
This is a tall clumping bamboo with unusually straight, slender culms and small fine leaves, giving a vertical screen with a light, almost delicate texture at the top. Thyrsostachys oliveri is a genuine clumper with a compact rhizome system, so it does not run through a garden the way temperate running bamboos do. It is used where serious height is needed from a narrow footprint.
Why Oliveri Bamboo
Clumping Habit: The rootstock stays contained, so no barrier or trenching is required.
Exceptional Height: Culms reach 15 to 20m in warm conditions, screening two and three storey buildings.
Narrow Footprint: A mature clump occupies only 2 to 3m of ground for its enormous height.
Straight Culms: Notably erect and even stems, valued both visually and as harvested timber.
Fine Foliage: Small leaves keep the canopy light and moving rather than heavy and solid.
Ideal Applications
High Level Screening: Blocks upper storey overlooking where no tree would fit in the available width.
Tropical Garden Backdrop: Forms the tall green wall behind heliconias, gingers and palms.
Boundary Grove: Planted in a row along a fence to make a dense, tall living barrier.
Resort and Commercial Landscaping: Delivers height quickly in warm climate hospitality settings.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.5 to 2.5m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 3 to 4m
Best Planting Season: Spring and summer while soil is warm
Soil & Drainage: Deep well drained soil with plenty of organic matter, consistently moist in summer
Establishment Care: Water generously and regularly for the first two years, since bamboo builds its height on a well fed root mass. Mulch thickly, feed with a high nitrogen or lawn type fertiliser in spring and early summer, and thin out older culms annually once the clump is mature.
Plant Details
Height: 15 to 20m in warm climates, less in cooler districts
Width: 2 to 3m clump
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun to part shade
Native to: Myanmar and Thailand
Flower Colour: Insignificant, and rarely seen
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







