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| Clumper/Runner |
| Bambusa | Genus of tropical and subtropical clumping bamboos, usually giant, with numerous branches at a node, one or three much larger than the rest. New shoots appear in late summer or fall in their native areas. |
Bambusa
chungii |
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33.00 |
2.50 |
21 |
5 |
Culms covered with white powder. Thin walled. Used in papermaking, weaving. |
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Bambusa
chungii var. barbelatta |
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22.00 |
1.50 |
21 |
5 |
Grows to about 3/4 the size, with lighter ring of hair around new culm nodes and looser culm sheath blade. |
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Bambusa
dolichomerithalla 'Green stripe' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
25 |
5 |
This cultivar has yellow-green culms striped with dark green. Introduced in 1980 from Taiwan. |
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Bambusa
emeiensis 'Flavidovirens' |
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35.00 |
2.50 |
24 |
U |
Green stripes on pale green or yellow/gold culms. |
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Bambusa
emeiensis 'Viridiflavus' |
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35.00 |
2.50 |
24 |
U |
Culms erect with yellow stripes alternating 180° on each internode. |
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Bambusa
eutuldoides 'Viridivittata' |
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25.00 |
1.00 |
21 |
5 |
Yellow culms with varying dark green stripes. New shoots have pink and peach tones. Low branching. |
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Bambusa
lako |
TIMOR BLACK |
50.00 |
3.50 |
28 |
5 |
Shiny culms green through brown to purple-black with some bold green or pale yellow stripes. Erect culm sheath blades on nearly hairless shoots. Flowers in US prove it to be Bambusa. From Timor. |
Gigantochloa atroviolacea 'Timor Black' |
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Bambusa
malingensis |
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35.00 |
2.50 |
21 |
5 |
An attractive medium-size tropical, produces many culms each year, taller under trees. Reportedly tolerates wind well. |
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Bambusa
multiplex |
HEDGE BAMBOO |
25.00 |
1.50 |
18 |
5 |
Each node bears a large number of branches down to the culm base, making a dense hedge. Hardiest of the Bambusa. |
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Bambusa
multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
18 |
5 |
Similar to the species, but the culms and branches are bright yellow with irregular longitudinal narrow dark green stripes. New shoots and culms are often reddish. |
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Bambusa
multiplex 'Golden Goddess' |
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10.00 |
0.50 |
18 |
5 |
A dwarf form similar to 'Fernleaf' but with larger leaves. The culms tend to be yellowish. |
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Bambusa
multiplex 'Riviereorum' |
CHINESE GODDESS |
6.00 |
0.30 |
18 |
5 |
Has solid culms and tiny leaves; similar to 'Fernleaf' but smaller, more delicate looking. |
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Bambusa
multiplex 'Tiny Fern' |
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3.00 |
0.20 |
18 |
5 |
A dwarf form with leaves often less than 1" long, but can grow larger. |
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Bambusa
nutans |
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40.00 |
3.00 |
28 |
5 |
From Thailand. Nutans means "nodding," which it does. The culms have a white ring below the nodes. |
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Bambusa
odashimae |
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65.00 |
3.00 |
25 |
5 |
Ex Taiwan, large dark green leaves, edible shoots. Called B. edulis before, which is a synonym of Phyllostachys edulis.
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Bambusa
oldhamii |
GIANT TIMBER |
55.00 |
4.00 |
21 |
5 |
The most common giant tropical bamboo grown in the U.S. Culms straight and erect with relatively short branches. Leaves are rather wide. |
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Bambusa
pervariabilis |
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33.00 |
2.40 |
32 |
5 |
Erect, thick walled. Lower internodes have branches and yellow stripes on culm and sheaths. Used to make farm tools, punting poles in China. |
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Bambusa
pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus' |
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33.00 |
2.40 |
25 |
5 |
Recently introduced from China. Similar to the species but much more highly coloured. New shoots are yellow with green stripes maturing to yellow/gold with varying dark green stripes. |
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Bambusa
textilis |
WEAVER'S BAMBOO |
40.00 |
2.00 |
18 |
5 |
Tight clumps. An extremely handsome plant that arches gracefully. The thin-walled culms are used for weaving. |
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Bambusa
textilis 'Dwarf' |
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18.00 |
1.25 |
18 |
5 |
Shorter, less erect. "This one is from a Bambusa textilis seedling that Roy Works sold to
Rockledge Gardens in Florida and they have been selling it for a good number
of years as a dwarf version of textilis and it has remained about half size
of a regular textilis."
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Bambusa
textilis 'Scranton' |
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30.00 |
2.00 |
18 |
5 |
A more open clumper with shorter branches. |
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Bambusa
textilis var. gracilis |
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30.00 |
1.30 |
18 |
5 |
Culm more slender than the typical B. textilis, nodding top, graceful foliage. |
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Bambusa
tulda |
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70.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
The large, straight, thick walled culms make this one of the most useful tropical bamboos. Frequently solid near the base. |
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Bambusa
ventricosa |
BUDDHA'S BELLY |
55.00 |
2.30 |
21 |
5 |
It becomes a dwarf with swollen internodes when grown in pots under dry conditions. In the ground it reverts to a giant with zigzag culms and branches. |
Bambusa tuldoides 'ventricosa' |
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Bambusa
ventricosa 'Kimmei' |
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55.00 |
2.30 |
21 |
5 |
As the species, but with yellow culms striped with green. |
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Bambusa
vulgaris 'Vittata' |
PAINTED BAMBOO |
50.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
Similar to the species, golden yellow culms with green vertical stripes that look like drip marks. A very popular ornamental. Potted culm cuttings do not always survive. |
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Bambusa
vulgaris 'Wamin Striata' |
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16.00 |
3.00 |
30 |
5 |
Dwarf with short and swollen lower internodes, light green culms striped with dark green. |
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Bambusa
vulgaris 'Wamin' |
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16.00 |
3.00 |
30 |
5 |
A dwarf form with short and swollen lower green internodes. |
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| 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
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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| Clumper |
| 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
coronalis |
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23.00 |
0.80 |
30 |
4 |
A clumping bamboo with numerous tiny leaves on branchlets that completely encircle the culms. Possibly the most beautiful bamboo in cultivation. |
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| Dendrocalamus | Giant tropical clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa, often with bigger branches and leaves, and hairier culms. |
Dendrocalamus
asper |
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100.00 |
8.00 |
32 |
5 |
An impressive ornamental growing rapidly under favorable conditions. Shoots are large, of the highest quality for food. Thai and Indonesia clones differ. |
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Dendrocalamus
asper 'Betung Hitam' |
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100.00 |
8.00 |
32 |
5 |
A black cultivar of D. asper. Rare. |
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Dendrocalamus
brandisii |
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100.00 |
8.00 |
32 |
5 |
Thick walled culms; similar to D. giganteus. Shoots of high quality, edible raw. |
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Dendrocalamus
giganteus (Quail Clone) |
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100.00 |
12.00 |
25 |
5 |
Propagated from the large specimen at Quail Botanical Gardens in California.
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Dendrocalamus
hamiltonii |
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80.00 |
7.00 |
27 |
5 |
Native from the Himalayas to Laos, with pendulous pruinose culms, leaves up to 15 inches long. |
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Dendrocalamus
jianshuiensis |
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55.00 |
5.00 |
25 |
5 |
Similar to D. hamiltonii, but from China, with fimbriate culm sheath ligule. |
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Dendrocalamus
latiflorus |
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65.00 |
8.00 |
25 |
5 |
From southern China. The large, dark green leaves are 10 to 16 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide. |
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Dendrocalamus
minor 'Amoenus' |
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56.00 |
3.00 |
25 |
5 |
Culms pale yellow with green stripes, smaller than the species. Dimentions listed is for tropical areas was listed as 25 ft by 2.0 in |
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Dendrocalamus
sikkimensis |
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65.00 |
8.00 |
35 |
5 |
Large culms become brownish red. Culm sheaths densely velvety with large auricles. Used for containers and water buckets. |
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Dendrocalamus
sp. 'Maroochy' |
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33.00 |
8.00 |
25 |
5 |
Beautiful impressive arching new bamboo with yellow striated culms. Useful as a main feature in a garden. It may be a Gigantochloa. |
D. brandisii 'Straita' |
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Dendrocalamus
strictus |
MALE BAMBOO |
60.00 |
5.00 |
30 |
5 |
Common bamboo of India, used mainly for pulp. Culms not very straight, often small and usually solid. Flowers frequently. Most internet seed is from this, marketed as anything pretty. |
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Dendrocalamus
yunnanicus |
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80.00 |
7.00 |
U |
5 |
From southeast Yunnan and from Vietnam. Pale green. Used for shoots, construction, pipes, rafts. |
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| Drepanostachyum | Small to medium size clumping, bamboos, elegant leaves. Smaller than Himalayacalamus Culm sheaths hairy inside at top. Branches many and all equal, while Himalayacalamus species also have a dominant central branch. |
Drepanostachyum
falcatum var. sengteeanum |
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30.00 |
1.10 |
20 |
3 |
Bright green culms, small, papery thin leaves. Hardiest Drepanostachyum. Was sold in the US as D. falconeri. |
D.falconeri, A. falconeri, H. falconeri var glomeratum |
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Drepanostachyum
khasianum |
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12.00 |
0.50 |
28 |
3 |
The new culms are dark green covered with white powder which gives them a bluish look. Several species have been grown under this name. Identity of the US clone is uncertain. |
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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
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 'Eisenach' |
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6.00 |
0.30 |
-15 |
2 |
Old generation. Ascending branches; culms tend to bifurcate. Seedlings are not likely to match the parent. |
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Fargesia
robusta |
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16.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
4 |
From Sichuan Province, China, at elevations over 8,000 feet.Early shoots. |
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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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| Gigantochloa | Giant, tropical, clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa. G. atroviolacea, G. atter, G. robusta, and G. pseudoarundinacea were formerly all considered to be forms of G. verticillata. Rarely flower or come true from seed, and may be "natural hybrids." |
Gigantochloa
atroviolacea |
TROPICAL BLACK |
50.00 |
3.50 |
25 |
5 |
Matte culms in tight clumps green through dark brown/black with narrow green stripes. Reflexed culm sheath blades on hairy shoots. From Java and Sumatra. |
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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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Himalayacalamus
falconeri 'Damarapa' |
CANDY-STRIPE BAMBOO |
20.00 |
2.00 |
15 |
2 |
Beautiful cultivar with masses of leaves on long, slender branchlets. Culms green, striped with yellow or lavender-pink. Formerly misidentified, and Drepanostachyum hookerianum. Species stil uncertain. |
Drepanostachyum hookerianum |
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Himalayacalamus
hookerianus |
BLUE BAMBOO |
20.00 |
0.80 |
20 |
2 |
Light blue culms become blue-purple in first winter. Formaly sold as Drepanostachyum falcatum. Named seedling clones have not maintained differences when mature.
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Drepanostachyum falcatum |
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Himalayacalamus
planatus |
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20.00 |
0.50 |
15 |
3 |
From C Nepal. As H. falconeri but with rougher culm sheaths. Split from H. asper. Previously Neomicrocalamus microphyllus. |
H. asper |
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Himalayacalamus
porcatus |
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20.00 |
1.00 |
20 |
3 |
From Nepal. Grows above 2000 meters. Tight clumper, finely ridged internodes. |
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| Otatea | Genus of American clumping bamboos with 3 known species. From central Mexico to Central America. |
Otatea
acuminata ssp. Acuminata |
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15.00 |
0.70 |
28 |
5 |
Smaller and more delicate looking then aztecorum, it comes from the hot, humid lowlands of eastern Mexico. |
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Otatea
acuminata ssp. aztecorum 'Dwarf' |
DWARF MEXICAN WEEPING |
4.00 |
0.70 |
22 |
4 |
A dwarf form of the above. Looks like a basketball. |
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Otatea
glauca 'Mayan Silver' |
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20.00 |
1.50 |
22 |
4 |
Previously known as O. acuminata 'Mayan Silver'. From Chiapas, Mexico, with hollow culms covered in silver-white waxy powder. Leaves weeping and narrow.
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Otatea acuminata 'Mayan Silver' |
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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
aurea |
GOLDEN, FISHPOLE BAMBOO |
27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
The most commonly cultivated bamboo in the U.S., easily identified by one to several short internodes at the base of some of its culms. It is most invasive in areas with warm summers. Culm may grow to 3 inches diameter in favorable conditions. |
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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 'Castillon Inversa' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
This is the complement of the above; culms are green with yellow grooves. |
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Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Castillon' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
Golden yellow culms with green grooves and stripes. An occasional leaf is striped in cream. It died due to flowering, and a new clone with less leaf variegation, sometimes called 'McClure's Castillon', has been introduced. |
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Phyllostachys
bissetii |
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40.00 |
2.00 |
-10 |
5 |
A vigorously growing species whose culms are somewhat darker green than 'golden bamboo'. It is one of the first species of the genus to shoot in the spring. |
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Phyllostachys
nigra |
Black bamboo |
30.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
Culms turn jet black after the first 6 months to one year. Popular because of its graceful habit and the sharp accent of its culm color. Said to grow larger in northern climates. It is not clear whether there is significant difference between some of the cultivars |
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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
nigra 'Megurochiku' |
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54.00 |
3.50 |
3 |
5 |
Green, similar to 'Henon' but the culm grooves are brown or purplish-black. |
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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 'Huangwenzhu Inversa' |
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70.00 |
5.00 |
0 |
5 |
The culms are yellow with a green groove. |
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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
chino 'Vaginatus Variegatus' |
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6.00 |
0.50 |
10 |
3 |
Differs from the type by its smaller, narrower, white striped leaves, which are hairless on both surfaces. The rhizomes run deep in the ground. |
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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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| Sinobambusa | Running bamboos similar to Semiarundinaria except that the culm leaves promptly fall off. |
Sinobambusa
tootsik 'Albostriata' |
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30.00 |
1.50 |
10 |
4 |
Similar to the type, but with yellowish white striped leaves. |
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| Thamnocalamus | Clumping bamboos from the mountains of eastern Asia and Africa, similar to Fargesia. |
Thamnocalamus
crassinodus 'Merlyn' |
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25.00 |
1.00 |
5 |
U |
Tallest and hardiest of several clones.
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| Yushania | A large group of spreading thornless frost-hardy bamboos from Taiwan, the Himalayas and Africa. Rhizomes pachymorph, often with long rootless necks, but also tillering, so forming spreading thickets. |
Yushania
boliana |
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24.00 |
2.00 |
10 |
3 |
Pale blue culms, reaches large size quickly. From Sichuan, via Fuji Bamboo Gardens in Japan. Culms well spaced in warmer climates. |
Borinda boliana |
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