The color black is very rare in nature, and the unusual Black Bamboo Plants brighten up a landscape with a black background, and the plant is a very ornamental bamboo Plantthat will look stunning on your landscape. Black Bamboo transforms a landscape and creates a more oriental appeal than standard green varieties. The Black Bamboo plant grows 25ft. tall with 1 1/4" diameter culms, is cold hardy to 0*F. The most common use for black bamboo plants is as a privacy screen that quickly becomes established as a black dense vegetative barrier. Black Bamboo Poles are colored green the first year and then turn shiny black the second year- a very tropical bamboo plant in appearance. The Black Bamboo Tree is a favorite ornamental bamboo tree in Japan that is widely used in cabinet work and furniture and will create a privacy screen from noisy neighbors.