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| Clumper/Runner |
| Bashania | Genus of medium size Chinese running bamboos. |
Bashania
fargesii |
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20.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
4 |
Native to the mountains of China. Leaves up to a foot long. |
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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
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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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 |
| 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
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
culeou |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
5 |
Hardy clumper, from southern Chile, long cultivated in Europe. Has many branches per node, all equal size. Many different clones available of varying hardiness and form. |
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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
apicirubens |
RED-TIPPED BAMBOO |
16.00 |
0.80 |
-5 |
3 |
Native to China at elevations over 6,000 feet. A new species previously misidentified as F. dracocephala. |
Fargesia dracocephala |
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Fargesia
apicirubens 'White Dragon' |
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8.00 |
0.50 |
-5 |
3 |
Selected seedling with Akebono style white variegation on spring leaves. |
Fargesia dracocephala 'White Dragon' |
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Fargesia
denudata |
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16.00 |
0.50 |
3 |
3 |
From Sichuan. Similar to F. murieliae, but leaves are smaller and more delicate. Culms branch out after the first winter. |
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Fargesia
dracocephala 'Rufa' |
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10.00 |
0.50 |
-10 |
2 |
From Sichuan. Early shoots. Also known as Gansu 95-1. Close to the description of the real F. dracocephala. |
Fargesia sp. 'rufa' |
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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 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' |
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12.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
New introductions. Several new seedling clones from Jiuzhaigou Reserve. |
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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 'Campbell' |
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12.00 |
U |
0 |
U |
Upright form with small leaves |
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Fargesia
robusta 'Pingwu' |
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15.00 |
0.75 |
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4 |
This species has dark green foliage and light green culms, new shoots are hairy and rusty red upon emergence from the ground in early spring. The leaf size is intermediate between Campbell and Wolong. Culm sheaths persist and soon fade to a light color, almost white, giving the culms a very attractive checkerboard look in the spring through early summer.
'Green Screen' is a trademarked name of this cultivar. |
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Fargesia
robusta 'Wenchuan' |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
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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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| 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 |
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
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 'Flavescens-inversa' |
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27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
The green culms have a pale yellow groove. |
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Phyllostachys
aurea 'Holochrysa' |
GOLDEN GOLDEN |
27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
Unlike the typical form whose culms stay green until old, these culms soon turn yellow, then golden orange. |
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Phyllostachys
aurea 'Koi' |
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27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
The culms turn from green to yellow after the first 6 months, but the culm grooves remain green. |
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Phyllostachys
aureosulcata |
Yellow Groove |
45.00 |
2.20 |
-5 |
5 |
The culms are more slender and delicate than golden bamboo; young culms are green with a yellow groove. Culm internodes distinctly rough to the touch when young, and an occasional culm has a zigzag kink. |
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Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Alata' |
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30.00 |
2.00 |
-5 |
5 |
Similar to the above, but with a green groove. Culms grow larger and are often markedly zigzag. Probably synonymous with P. aureosulcata 'Pekinensis'. |
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Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' |
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26.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
Culms are entirely yellow except for a few vertical green stripes. |
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Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Harbin Inversa' |
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26.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
Yellow culms with fine green striping, no grooves other than the sulcus. It has a beautiful orange/crimson highlight for a while in the spring when grown in full sun |
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Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Lama Temple' |
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25.00 |
1.75 |
-5 |
5 |
This rare cultivar of P. aureosulcata has a brighter gold color than the similar P. aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' . It also seems to have a shorter overall height, with shorter nodes. The sunward side of the new culms in late spring turn a brilliant cherry red color for a couple months. Culm sheaths are more pale and pink than other P. aureosulcata. We have been growing this plant for several years and now, as it has reach a respectable height, we can finally see the subtle differences compared to the more common P. aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' .
The bright colors of this bamboo make it a very attractive plant and seem to shed light in any area. It can prosper in shade, though not as fast and with out the red culms in spring. Color looks best with about 3-5 hours of direct sun in the morning hours.
Description from www.bamboogarden.com |
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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 |
GIANT JAPANESE TIMBER, MADAKE |
72.00 |
6.00 |
5 |
5 |
The most utilized bamboo in Japan where it is valued for its large straight thick-walled culms. Flowered extensively in the 1970’s and many plants died. Most plants have regained their vegetative vigor. |
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Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Allgold' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
The culms are entirely golden yellow except for an occasional thin green stripe. |
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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
bambusoides 'Marliac' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
5 |
5 |
A form with wrinkled culms due to numerous longitudinal grooves running the length of each internode on all sides of the culm. A rare ornamental. |
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Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Richard Haubrich' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
Sport from base of 'Castillonis' with dramatic green stripes on white leaves, slow grower. Bamboo 23: 7. 2002 |
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Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Slender Crookstem' |
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48.00 |
3.00 |
0 |
5 |
Smaller than regular P. bambusoides with culms that often show a marked zigzag of lower internodes. |
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Phyllostachys
dulcis |
Sweetshoot bamboo |
40.00 |
3.20 |
0 |
5 |
Arching culms. Named because its shoots are particularly free of any acrid taste. |
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Phyllostachys
humilis |
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20.00 |
1.00 |
3 |
5 |
One of the smallest members of the genus, it is widely cultivated in Japan. Culms darken with age. |
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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 'Bory' |
Snakeskin |
50.00 |
3.00 |
0 |
5 |
Differs from P. nigra by growing larger. Culms blotched with black, never completely black. |
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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
nuda |
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34.00 |
1.80 |
-10 |
5 |
Reputed to be the hardiest species of the genus. New culms are dark green and powdery. |
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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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| 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 |
NARIHIRA BAMBOO |
30.00 |
1.50 |
0 |
5 |
Stately cultivar with very erect, straight culms and very short branches Culms eventually turn mottled purplish brown. Internodes narrowly grooved above the branches. |
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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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| Thamnocalamus | Clumping bamboos from the mountains of eastern Asia and Africa, similar to Fargesia. |
Thamnocalamus
crassinodus |
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18.00 |
0.80 |
U |
U |
From Nepal and Tibet. Culm nodes swollen, branching very strong, some clones with small leaves. No auricles.
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Fargesia crassinodus |
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Thamnocalamus
crassinodus 'Aristatus hort. US' |
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12.00 |
0.50 |
10 |
3 |
US Plants grown as T. aristatus seem to be cultivars of T. crassinodus. T. aristatus is a synonym of T. spathiflorus.
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Thamnocalamus
crassinodus 'Merlyn' |
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25.00 |
1.00 |
5 |
U |
Tallest and hardiest of several clones.
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