QuestionsHow to growFlowersBorder Perennial FlowersBamboo plant 0 Vote Up Vote Down Bernadette Farrell asked 16 years ago can I transplant bamboo from ground to pot it is a year in ground new shoots have appeared height about 6 ft. 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down Gerry Daly Staff answered 7 years ago A bamboo can be potted in spring but does much better in the open ground.