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| Clumper/Runner |
| Borinda | Clump-forming mountain bamboos from Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan, & Sichuan, with different flowers to Fargesia and shorter rhizomes than Yushania. Culms usually blue at first, usually with very fine grooves.. |
Borinda
albocerea |
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20.00 |
1.00 |
15 |
3 |
4 clones introduced, Yunnan 1/95; 2/95; 3a/95; 3b/95. |
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Borinda
angustissima |
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18.00 |
0.80 |
10 |
3 |
From Sichuan. Arching culms with white powder and purple sheaths at first, and narrow leaves. Was listed as Fargesia. |
Fargesia angustissima |
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| Clumper |
Borinda
fungosa |
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20.00 |
1.00 |
20 |
3 |
Yunnan, from 6,000 to 9,000 feet. Shoots sweet, culms used for weaving. |
Fargesia fungosa |
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Borinda
macclureana |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
15 |
3 |
Purple branches, it's leaves are pubescent on the lower surface making it one of the bamboos very resistant to bamboo mites. |
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Borinda
papyrifera |
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25.00 |
2.00 |
15 |
3 |
New culms are powdery blue-white aging to yellow, with prominent fine vertical grooves. |
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| Clumper |
Borinda
yulongshanensis |
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16.00 |
0.75 |
0 |
3 |
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| Clumper |
| Chimonobambusa | Medium size running bamboos, often with raised, sometimes thorny nodes, or quadrangular culms, initiating new shoots in the fall or winter, or early spring hence "Winter bamboos". |
Chimonobambusa
marmorea |
MARBLED BAMBOO |
6.00 |
0.50 |
15 |
3 |
New shoots and culm leaves are marbled with cream and purple. The almost solid culms turn dark purple. |
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| Runner |
Chimonobambusa
quadrangularis |
SQUARE BAMBOO |
25.00 |
1.50 |
15 |
4 |
Prominent nodes. Culms are square in cross section with rounded corners, especially on large mature plants. |
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Chimonobambusa
quadrangularis 'Suow' |
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25.00 |
0.50 |
15 |
4 |
Culms are yellow with a few green stripes of varying width. |
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Chimonobambusa
tumidissinoda |
Walking stick |
20.00 |
1.30 |
10 |
4 |
A rare Chinese bamboo noted for its inflated culm nodes. Used for walking sticks in Sichuan, and highly prized for dried shoots. |
Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda |
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| Runner |
| Chusquea | A genus of C & S American bamboos that contains 134 described species, and possibly another 70 yet to be described. They are mostly clumping mountain bamboos, but some are runners. The solid culms usually bear one dominant branch and numerous branchlets. |
Chusquea
andina 'Blue Andes' |
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12.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
5 |
Small spiky blue leaves are unusual in bamboo. This species from the treeline of the Chilean Andes may be one of the hardiest of South American Bamboos. |
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Chusquea
circinata |
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22.00 |
1.00 |
25 |
4 |
Dark arching culms, whorls of small leaves, comes from central and southern Mexico. Clumping. previously misidentified as Arthrostylidium.
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Arthrostylidium sp. (hort.) |
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| Clumper |
Chusquea
culeou 'Caña Prieta' |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
5 |
Darker culms, becoming red-brown or nearly black. Previously misidentified as C. nigricans. |
Chusquea nigricans |
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Chusquea
gigantea |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
0 |
5 |
Shoots red, culms light and dark green. Closely allied to C. culeou. Many branches per node, one to three thicker and very long. An “open clumper.” Has been sold as C. breviglumis. |
Chusquea breviglumis |
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| Fargesia | Clumping bamboos from the alpine conifer forests of west and southwest China. Medium to small and all very cold hardy, but not tolerant of very high summer temperatures. Flowers like toothbrushes. Culms smooth. |
Fargesia
murieliae |
UMBRELLA BAMBOO |
15.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
Similar to F. nitida but with green culms. May be the hardiest bamboo in the U.S. Grows at above 10,000 feet in China, important panda food. |
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Fargesia
nitida |
FOUNTAIN BAMBOO |
12.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
Upright culms with thick grey deciduous wax when young, may become nearly black. Sheaths orange-ribbed. First introduced as seed in 1889, from which many cultivars named. Those plants currently starting a protracted flowering phase and probably all about |
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Fargesia
nitida 'Jiuzhaigou 01' |
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12.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
New introduction. A clone from Jiuzhaigou Reserve with Red Culms. |
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Fargesia
nitida 'Jiuzhaigou 10' |
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12.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
New introduction. This interesting but rare form of Jiuzhaigou has canes that age to a rich yellow/gold color. It appears to grow as tall, if not a little taller than Jiuzhaigou I (11 feet on average). |
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Fargesia
nitida 'Jiuzhaigou 4' |
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8.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
New introduction. The darkest colored form of 'Jiuzhaigou' collected from Jiuzhaigou Park in northern Sichuan China by R. Willumeit. Shorter than other Jiuzhaigou forms. |
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Fargesia
nitida 'Jiuzhaigou Genf' |
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12.00 |
U |
-15 |
U |
Red Culms. Is also called F. Jiuzhaigou 'Genf' and F. Sp. 'Genf'. |
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Fargesia
nitida 'Jiuzhaigou' |
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12.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
New introductions. Several new seedling clones from Jiuzhaigou Reserve. |
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Fargesia
nitida 'Nymphenburg' |
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12.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
Old generation. Differs from the type by narrow leaves, strongly arching culms and young branches ascending. Seedlings are not likely to match the parent. |
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Fargesia
robusta 'Campbell' |
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12.00 |
U |
0 |
U |
Upright form with small leaves |
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Fargesia
robusta 'Wenchuan' |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
U |
'Wenchuan' is an arching form of F. robusta with a slightly more open growth habit than other variations of this useful species. The culm and branch sheaths are a beautiful reddish brown instead of white to tan. It seems to be slightly more vigorous than F. robusta 'Campbell'. Large leaves give this bamboo a more tropical appearance. It is very similar to 'Wolong', but the dark green leaves are a little more pointed and don't seem to curl downward around the edges (as 'Wolong' tends to do).
Description from www.bamboogarden.com |
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Fargesia
robusta 'Wolong' |
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17.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
4 |
Collected in Wolong, Sichuan in 1996. More vigorous, with larger leaves. Bamboo 23: 16. 2002. |
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Fargesia
sp. 'Scabrida' |
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U |
U |
-5 |
4 |
From Pingwu, Sichuan. Orange sheaths as F. dracocephala 'Rufa' but with more culm wax. Not F. scabrida. |
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Fargesia
utilis |
TUNGCHUAN #3 |
13.00 |
0.50 |
0 |
4 |
From Yunnan, culms curve upwards with pendulous cascading foliage. May be Borinda but flowers unknown. |
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| Hibanobambusa | A running genus from Japan once thought to be a natural bigeneric hybrid between Sasa veitchii and Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon', but with little evidence to support that idea. |
Hibanobambusa
tranquillans 'Shiroshima' |
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16.00 |
1.30 |
3 |
4 |
This form has strikingly attractive leaves variegated in cream and green. The colors persist throughout the year. |
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| Himalayacalamus | Clump-forming mountain bamboos from the Himalayas with attractive culms and lush foliage. |
Himalayacalamus
falconeri |
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30.00 |
1.30 |
15 |
3 |
US clone is from Damarapa with no stripes. Also see Drepanostachyum sengteeanum. |
Drepanostachyum sengteeanum |
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| Phyllostachys | Medium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid-culm nodes. They shoot in spring. |
Phyllostachys
atrovaginata |
INCENSE BAMBOO |
35.00 |
2.80 |
-5 |
5 |
The shoots are among those having the least bite when raw. These plants were formerly listed as P. congesta. |
Phyllostachys congesta |
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Phyllostachys
aurea 'Albovariegata' |
VARIEGATED GOLDEN BAMBOO |
27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
Same, except that the leaves are smaller, striped with white. Many plants flowered recently; some have survived but nearly all reverted to normal form. |
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Phyllostachys
aurea 'Dr Don' |
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27.00 |
1.80 |
10 |
5 |
Glaucous blue culms with denser wax than usual |
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Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' |
Green groove |
26.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
The culms are yellow with a green groove, just opposite of the typical form. Smaller in hottest areas. |
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Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Albovariegata' |
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25.00 |
1.75 |
5 |
5 |
Apricot fading to white leaf variegation is startling in the spring, but it fades by the end of the year. Culms green. |
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Phyllostachys
nigra 'Hale' |
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20.00 |
1.50 |
0 |
4 |
Similar to the type, but smaller and hardier. Culms turn black almost immediately. |
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Phyllostachys
nigra 'Henon' |
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65.00 |
3.50 |
0 |
5 |
Culms totally green, usually much larger than Black bamboo.Distinctive culms are rough to the touch and whitish green. |
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Phyllostachys
rubromarginata |
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60.00 |
3.00 |
-5 |
5 |
Noted for its good quality wood and edible shoots,it tolerates cold, dry winds. Tests in Alabama showed it to be superior in culm production and cold tolerance. |
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Phyllostachys
vivax |
Vivax |
70.00 |
5.00 |
5 |
5 |
Resembles P. bambusoides except that the culms have thinner walls and a white powdery band beneath each node at sheath-fall. Gray-green when mature. |
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Phyllostachys
vivax 'Aureocaulis' |
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70.00 |
5.00 |
5 |
5 |
The culms turn yellow with a few narrow green stripes. |
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| Pleioblastus | Genus of small and medium size running bamboos with persistent culm leaves. Most are native to Japan, were formerly classified in Arundinaria. |
Pleioblastus
pygmaeus |
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2.00 |
0.10 |
0 |
3 |
Similar to Pl. distichus except that the leaves are hairy below. Other small bamboos are often sold under this name. |
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| Sasa | Running species, dwarf or up to 6 feet tall, with at most one branch per node. The leaves are usually large. |
Sasa
veitchii |
KUMA-ZASA |
5.00 |
0.30 |
5 |
2 |
In Winter dark green leaves have very broad white margins. This, along with large leaves on short plants gives a unique, striking appearance. |
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| Semiarundinaria | Medium size running bamboos with nearly cylindrical culms and culm leaves that hang for some time attached at the middle of their base. |
Semiarundinaria
fastuosa 'Viridis' |
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35.00 |
1.50 |
0 |
5 |
Similar to the species except that the culms remain green, branches are a little longer, and growth is more vigorous. |
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