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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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| Runner |
| Chimonobambusa | A group of medium-sized clumping bamboos from Yunnan, China with culms bearing thorny basal nodes. Similar to Chimonobambusa but clumping and less hardy, from 1400 to only only 2000 meters in subtropical mountainous regions. Shoots are very good eating an |
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 |
| Dendrocalamus | Giant tropical clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa, often with bigger branches and leaves, and hairier culms. |
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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| Clumper |
| 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
dracocephala 'Rufa' |
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10.00 |
0.50 |
0 |
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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| Clumper |
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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| Clumper |
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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| Clumper |
| 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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| Runner |
| Indocalamus | Small, running bamboos from China with large, broad leaves; similar to Sasa but with non-prominent culm nodes. |
Indocalamus
latifolius |
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10.00 |
0.50 |
0 |
3 |
Similar to I. tessellatus, leaves about a foot long. |
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| Runner |
| Phyllostachys | Medium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid-culm nodes. They shoot in spring. |
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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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
heteroclada |
WATER BAMBOO |
33.00 |
1.50 |
-11 |
5 |
Larger, more erect, and less zigzag than P. h. 'Purpurata'. |
Phyllostachys purpurata 'Straightstem' |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
heteroclada 'Purpurata' |
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18.00 |
0.80 |
5 |
5 |
The slender, zigzag culms often bend to the ground under the weight of rain or in a strong wind. Air channels in rhizomes permit growth in wet locations. |
Phyllostachys purpurata |
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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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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Shimadake' |
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54.00 |
3.50 |
0 |
5 |
Similar to Henon but with occasional brown vertical stripes on the culm after the first year. |
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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
rubromarginata |
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55.00 |
2.80 |
-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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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
| Pleioblastus | Genus of small and medium size running bamboos with persistent culm leaves. Most are native to Japan, were formerly classified in Arundinaria. |
Pleioblastus
argenteostriatus |
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3.00 |
0.30 |
10 |
2 |
The green leaves, which are more or less striped with white or yellow, are hairless on both surfaces. |
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| Runner |
Pleioblastus
chino |
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10.00 |
0.80 |
5 |
4 |
A medium size bamboo native to Japan. |
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| Runner |
Pleioblastus
humilis |
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7.00 |
0.30 |
0 |
3 |
An attractive dwarf with dark green leaves. An aggressive runner good for erosion control. |
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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
| Pseudosasa | Small to medium size running bamboos which usually have only one branch at a node. |
Pseudosasa
japonica |
Arrow Bamboo |
18.00 |
0.80 |
5 |
3 |
Erect culms with large broad leaves, up to a foot long by 1.5 inches wide. Less invasive than most other runners. It does well in tubs and pots. The culms were used in ancient japan to make arrows. |
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| Runner |
| Sasa | Running species, dwarf or up to 6 feet tall, with at most one branch per node. The leaves are usually large. |
Sasa
palmata |
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7.00 |
0.50 |
5 |
2 |
The thick, leathery leaves are up to 15 inches long by 21/2 inches wide. It does well in pots, looks best when grown in the shade. Grows taller in cool climates. |
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| Runner |
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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| Runner |
| Sasaella | Similar to Sasa except that culms are more erect, leaves are smaller and the oral setae have bristles only near the base. |
Sasaella
masamuneana 'Albostriata' |
FUIRI-SHIIYAZASA |
6.00 |
0.30 |
5 |
3 |
An attractive variegated bamboo with thick leaves striped in white or cream. |
Sasaella glabra 'Albostriata' |
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| Runner |
| 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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| Runner |
Semiarundinaria
makinoi |
MAKINOI |
16.00 |
0.80 |
5 |
4 |
The culms soon turn reddish-brown. An attractive small bamboo suitable for growing in pots. |
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| Runner |
Semiarundinaria
okuboi |
BIRODONA |
25.00 |
1.50 |
5 |
5 |
The leaves are distinctive in being wider for their length than leaves of other bamboos. |
Semiarundinaria villosa |
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| Runner |
Semiarundinaria
yashadake 'Kimmei' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
5 |
5 |
The culms are yellow with green grooves; leaves are yellow striped. |
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| Runner |
| Shibataea | A genus with very dense, short, zig-zagged angular culms with 3-5 branches per node, often clipped into balls. |
Shibataea
kumasaca |
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7.00 |
0.30 |
-5 |
3 |
Short, broad leaves on slender, nearly solid culms with prominent nodes and short slightly zigzag internodes. Prefers acid soil, shows extensive leaf burn if in alkaline environment. |
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| Runner |
| Thamnocalamus | Clumping bamboos from the mountains of eastern Asia and Africa, similar to Fargesia. |
Thamnocalamus
tessellatus |
BERGBAMBOES |
16.00 |
0.80 |
0 |
4 |
Bergbamboes' of S. Africa. Clumps tight to loose, sun-tolerant, leaves randomly arranged, leaf sheaths persistent. |
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| Clumper |