| Company | Contact information | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bountiful Earth, Inc. 1200 w. Canal Street New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168 U.S.A. |
386-427-3330 Fax:386-427-7896 Chuck Theroux www.bamboo.ws |
Bamboo nursery and retail outlet specializing in, but not limited to, tropical clumping varieties. Bamboo flutes, digeridoos, drums and other bamboo crated items are available at our retail store. |
| Genus species | Common Name | Max Ht Ft |
Max Dia In |
Min Temp F |
Sun 5=full sun |
Description | Synonym | Pictures Data |
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| Clumper/Runner | ||||||||
| Arundinaria gigantea |
RIVER CANE | 20.00 | 1.00 | -10 | 5 | Native to the U.S. Once grew from Georgia and Texas to Maryland and Ohio. | . | Picture No Data |
| Runner | ||||||||
| Bambusa balcooa |
. | 60.00 | 6.00 | 25 | 5 | From India. Tangled clumps make harvest difficult. Strong, used for construction, crafts, shoots. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa bambos |
GIANT THORNY | 100.00 | 7.00 | 30 | 5 | Fast growing, thick-walled, soft. Lower branches are long, wiry and armed with thorns. Edible shoots. Used for paper in India. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa beecheyana |
BEECHEY BAMBOO | 50.00 | 5.00 | 21 | 5 | Culms with short internodes generally arch strongly and are covered with white powder when young. Big thick-walled culms; edible shoots in much demand. | . | Picture Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa beecheyana var pubescens |
. | 50.00 | 5.00 | 21 | 5 | More erect, thicker nodal hair, branching lower, no virus | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa boniopsis |
. | 15.00 | 1.00 | 28 | 5 | A small green bamboo from Hainan; a recent import. Narrow leaves. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa chungii |
. | 33.00 | 2.50 | 21 | 5 | Culms covered with white powder. Thin walled. Used in papermaking, weaving. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa chungii var. barbelatta |
. | 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa cornigera |
. | 35.00 | 3.00 | U | U | Culms zigzag, and internodes are slightly curved. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa dissimulator |
. | 50.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | A giant tropical, produces many thick walled, arching or erect, tough culms with long branches. | Bambusa dissemulator | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa distegia |
. | 30.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | A bamboo from Sichuan, China that has green internodes with a slightly bending top but not drooping. It is said to tolerate light frosts. Description from www.bambooplantation.com | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa dolichoclada |
Long-Branch Bamboo | 65.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | B. dolichoclada 'Hayata' | Picture No Data |
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| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa dolichoclada 'Stripe' |
. | 65.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | A beautiful giant from Taiwan. The culms are a waxy yellow with dark green stripes. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Green stripe' |
. | 35.00 | 2.00 | 25 | 5 | This cultivar has yellow-green culms striped with dark green. Introduced in 1980 from Taiwan. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Silverstripe' |
. | 35.00 | 2.00 | 25 | 5 | This cultivar has culms striped with silver. Introduced in 1980 from Taiwan. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa emeiensis 'Flavidovirens' |
. | 35.00 | 2.50 | 24 | U | Green stripes on pale green or yellow/gold culms. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa emeiensis 'Viridiflavus' |
. | 35.00 | 2.50 | 24 | U | Culms erect with yellow stripes alternating 180° on each internode. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa eutuldoides 'Viridivittata' |
. | 25.00 | 1.00 | 21 | 5 | Yellow culms with varying dark green stripes. New shoots have pink and peach tones. Low branching. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa gibba |
. | 25.00 | 2.00 | 32 | 5 | Side branches often have soft spines. It is used as a fence; oil is extracted from the culms. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa glaucophylla |
MALAY DWARF | 15.00 | 1.00 | 30 | 5 | Dense, erect, bushy, variegated. Used as an ornamental hedge, easy to prune to desired shape. Previously sold as Bambusa variegata. | Bambusa variegata (hort.) | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa intermedia |
. | 40.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | Dark green with purple stripes. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| 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' | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa longispiculata |
. | 50.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | Culm green, with light green stripes near the base and rings at nodes. Open clumps, straight culms, thin walls, long internodes. Many plants sold under this name may have been Bambusa tulda ‘Striata’. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa malingensis |
. | 35.00 | 2.50 | 21 | 5 | An attractive medium-size tropical, produces many culms each year, taller under trees. Reportedly tolerates wind well. | . | Picture Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' |
. | 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. | . | Picture Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Fernleaf Stripestem' |
FERNLEAF STRIPESTEM | 12.00 | 0.50 | 18 | 5 | Similar to ‘Fernleaf’ except that the culms are reddish or yellowish and striped with green. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Fernleaf' |
FERNLEAF BAMBOO | 20.00 | 0.50 | 18 | 5 | Usually small in size with 10 to 20 closely spaced, two ranked leaves. Often culms come up that have reverted to the larger leaves. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Golden Goddess' |
. | 10.00 | 0.50 | 18 | 5 | A dwarf form similar to 'Fernleaf' but with larger leaves. The culms tend to be yellowish. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Goldstripe' |
. | 25.00 | 1.50 | 18 | 5 | Mature green culms have a gold stripe that bleeds into the green. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Midori Green' |
GREEN ALPHONSE | 15.00 | 1.50 | 18 | 5 | Similar to 'Alphonse Karr', but the culms and branches are light green with dark green stripes. | Bambusa multiplex 'Green Alphonse' | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Silverstripe' |
. | 25.00 | 1.50 | 18 | 5 | Many leaves have white stripes and some culms are also striped with white. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Tiny Fern' |
. | 3.00 | 0.20 | 18 | 5 | A dwarf form with leaves often less than 1' long, but can grow larger. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa nutans |
. | 40.00 | 3.00 | 28 | 5 | From Thailand. Nutans means "nodding," which it does. The culms have a white ring below the nodes. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| 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. | . | Picture Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa oliveriana |
. | 45.00 | 2.00 | 32 | 4 | Densely clumping with thick-walled, glossy green culms. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa pervariabilis |
. | 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus' |
. | 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa sinospinosa |
CHINESE THORNY | 70.00 | 5.00 | 20 | 5 | A thorny bamboo with rather small leaves, and interlaced low thorny branches, impenetrable hedge. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa sp 'Hirose' |
. | 55.00 | 5.00 | 21 | 5 | Tightly clumping, upright, to 50-60ft, 4-6ins, poorly known, possibly B. oldhamii. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa sp. 'Clone X' |
. | 75.00 | 2.80 | 21 | 5 | A vigorous bamboo with extremely thick walls, ivory nodal bands, whitish bloom. Identification uncertain. | Bambusa tuldoides 'Clone X' | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa sp. 'Nana' |
. | 25.00 | 2.50 | 28 | 5 | A medium-sized timber bamboo from Thailand. Straight, strong. Some yellow stripes. Note B. nana is a synonym of B. multiplex. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa sp. 'Polymorpha' |
. | 65.00 | 6.00 | 32 | 5 | Green culms densely covered with grayish white silky hair; branches short, slender, and dense. ID uncertain. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa sp. 'Richard Waldron' |
. | 10.00 | 0.50 | 20 | 5 | Compact erect small bamboo similar to B. multiplex, identity and origins uncertain. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa suberecta |
"Jesse Durko Bamboo" | 25.00 | 1.00 | 25 | U | A beautiful, relatively small-growing ornamental bamboo that has both variegated leaves and striated culms. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| 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. | . | Picture Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa textilis 'Dwarf' |
. | 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." | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa textilis 'Kanapaha' |
. | 50.00 | 2.50 | 18 | 5 | Grows larger than normal B. textilis in Florida, with lower half of culms prominently blue & branchless. Very similar to ‘Mutabilis’. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa textilis 'Mutabilis' |
. | 40.00 | 2.30 | 18 | 5 | Persistent blue-white bloom and long internodes. Previously misidentified as B. mutabilis and as B. textilis var. fusca. | Bambusa mutabilis | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa textilis 'Scranton' |
. | 30.00 | 2.00 | 18 | 5 | A more open clumper with shorter branches. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa textilis var. glabra |
. | 30.00 | 1.00 | 18 | 5 | Slender, as var. gracilis, but with glabrous culms and culm sheaths. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa textilis var. gracilis |
. | 30.00 | 1.30 | 18 | 5 | Culm more slender than the typical B. textilis, nodding top, graceful foliage. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa tulda 'Striata' |
. | 70.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | Like the species, the culms are striped near the base, but more prominently. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa tuldoides |
PUNTING POLE | 55.00 | 2.30 | 21 | 5 | Somewhat similar to B. tulda but not as large and more hardy. It produces a large number of thick walled culms growing in a tight clump. | . | Picture Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa variostriata |
. | 35.00 | 3.00 | 28 | 5 | New shoots covered with bloom, culm has white stripes, useful and edible. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| 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' | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa ventricosa 'Kimmei' |
. | 55.00 | 2.30 | 21 | 5 | As the species, but with yellow culms striped with green. | . | Picture Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa vulgaris |
COMMON BAMBOO | 50.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | Common throughout the tropical world. Open clump, culms spaced a foot or two apart. Culm cuttings root very easily. Used for banana props. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin Striata' |
. | 16.00 | 3.00 | 30 | 5 | Dwarf with short and swollen lower internodes, light green culms striped with dark green. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin' |
. | 16.00 | 3.00 | 30 | 5 | A dwarf form with short and swollen lower green internodes. | . | Picture Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Chusquea coronalis |
. | 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus asper |
. | 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus asper 'Betung Hitam' |
. | 100.00 | 8.00 | 32 | 5 | A black cultivar of D. asper. Rare. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus brandisii |
. | 100.00 | 8.00 | 32 | 5 | Thick walled culms; similar to D. giganteus. Shoots of high quality, edible raw. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus brandisii 'Black' |
. | 40.00 | 8.00 | 25 | 5 | A very attractive, fast growing black bamboo. Live culms are black but dry to a dark brown color, very valuable for furniture etc. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus calostachyus |
. | 70.00 | 5.00 | 25 | 5 | This may be a misidentification of a cultivar of D. strictus. Used for construction. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus giganteus |
. | 100.00 | 12.00 | 25 | 5 | From Burma, perhaps the largest bamboo in the world. Leaves can be up to 20 inches long and 4 inches wide. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus giganteus (Quail Clone) |
. | 100.00 | 12.00 | 25 | 5 | Propagated from the large specimen at Quail Botanical Gardens in California. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus hamiltonii |
. | 80.00 | 7.00 | 27 | 5 | Native from the Himalayas to Laos, with pendulous pruinose culms, leaves up to 15 inches long. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus jianshuiensis |
. | 55.00 | 5.00 | 25 | 5 | Similar to D. hamiltonii, but from China, with fimbriate culm sheath ligule. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus latiflorus |
. | 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus latiflorus 'Mei-nung' |
. | 65.00 | 8.00 | 25 | 5 | Similar, but with light green culms striped with dark green. | . | Picture Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus membranaceus |
. | 70.00 | 4.00 | 28 | 5 | A strong growing bamboo with very straight culms forming loose clumps. Looks like Bambusa but DNA now suggesting Dendrocalamus was the correct genus. | Bambusa membranacea | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus minor |
. | 25.00 | 2.00 | U | 5 | Culm top bending and drooping. Culm annulus and sheath annulus near the culm base have a yellowish brown ring. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus minor 'Amoenus' |
. | 25.00 | 2.00 | U | 5 | Culms pale yellow with green stripes, smaller than the species. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus sinicus |
. | 120.00 | 12.00 | 27 | 5 | Largest bamboo species in China. Culm heavily pruinose with drooping tip, some basal internodes short and asymetrical, & ring of yellowish brown silky hair on nodes. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus sp. 'Maroochy' |
. | 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' | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus sp. 'Parker's Giant' |
. | 80.00 | 12.00 | U | 5 | BIG! An unidentified, giant, timber bamboo. Discovered by Jim Parker in Hawaii. Massive, thick culms. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus validus |
. | 45.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | Errect culms with slightly convex internodes. | Bambusa valida | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus yunnanicus |
. | 80.00 | 7.00 | U | 5 | From southeast Yunnan and from Vietnam. Pale green. Used for shoots, construction, pipes, rafts. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Drepanostachyum khasianum |
. | 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Fargesia sp. 'Scabrida' |
. | U | U | -5 | 4 | From Pingwu, Sichuan. Orange sheaths as F. dracocephala 'Rufa' but with more culm wax. Not F. scabrida. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| 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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Gigantochloa luteostriata |
. | 30.00 | 2.00 | 28 | 5 | Erect with full foliage on top. Young leaves variegated white/green. Canes green, intermittent white stripes. | Bambusa luteostriata | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Gigantochloa maxima |
. | 45.00 | 4.00 | 28 | 5 | Variegated culms with cream-colored stripes. The exact ID of plants that have been sold in the past under this name is not clear; also see G. pseudoarundinacea. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea |
. | 100.00 | 5.00 | 28 | 5 | Formerly included in G. verticillata complex. The culms when young are light green, with thin yellow stripes. | Gigantochloa verticillata | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Gigantochloa sp. 'Sumatra 3751' |
. | 60.00 | U | 28 | 5 | Purple stripes on green canes. May be Gigantochloa kuring, “buluh kuring hitam” and may be bigger. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Guadua amplexifolia |
. | 50.00 | 4.00 | 28 | 5 | Short internodes, nearly solid in the lower part of the arching culms. Useful, but not as strong as G. angustifolia. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Guadua angustifolia |
. | 100.00 | 9.00 | 30 | 5 | The largest of the American bamboos, native Venezuela to Peru, used for house construction and furniture. Thorny. Open clumps. | . | Picture No Data |
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| Guadua chacoensis |
. | 65.00 | 6.00 | 30 | 5 | A large woody thorny green bamboo, with erect culms, from Bolivia to Uraguay. May grow taller than listed. | . | Picture No Data |
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| Guadua sp. 'Aureocaulis' |
Moonlight | U | U | U | U | Blonde white culms with random width green stripes and white nodal rings. Leaves strongly white-variegated. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Indocalamus tessellatus |
Big Leaf | 7.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 4 | Usually less than 4 feet tall, it can reach 10ft and has the largest leaves of any bamboo in cultivation, up to 26 inches by 5 inches. Adapts easily to growing in pots. Does well in shade or sun. | . | Picture Data |
| Runner | ||||||||
| Nastus elatus |
. | 60.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | Long narrow light grayish-green leaves, erect new lime green culms turn yellowish with age. From coastal New Guinea. Needs humid area. Shoots edible raw. | . | Picture No Data |
| Clumper | ||||||||
| Otatea acuminata ssp. Aztecorum |
MEXICAN WEEPING | 20.00 | 1.50 | 22 | 4 | The long narrow leaves are produced in such abundance that they almost completely obscure the culms. Clumps open with culms spaced up to 1 or 2 feet. | . | Picture No Data |
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| Otatea glauca 'Mayan Silver' |
. | 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. | Otatea acuminata 'Mayan Silver' | Picture No Data |
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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. | . | Picture No Data |
| Runner | ||||||||
| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon' |
. | 35.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 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. | . | Picture Data |
| Runner | ||||||||
| Phyllostachys dulcis |
Sweetshoot bamboo | 40.00 | 3.20 | -5 | 5 | Arching culms. Named because its shoots are particularly free of any acrid taste. | . | Picture Data |
| Runner | ||||||||
| Phyllostachys heteroclada |
WATER BAMBOO | 33.00 | 1.50 | -11 | 5 | Larger, more erect, and less zigzag than P. h. 'Purpurata'. | Phyllostachys purpurata 'Straightstem' | Picture No Data |
| Runner | ||||||||
| Phyllostachys nigra |
Black bamboo | 30.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 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 | . | Picture Data |
| Runner | ||||||||
| Phyllostachys nigra 'Daikokuchiku' |
. | 57.00 | 3.30 | 0 | 5 | A clone from California, claimed to be larger than the species, with culms supposedly turning black more rapidly than other clones. | . | Picture No Data |
| Runner | ||||||||
| Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon' |
. | 65.00 | 3.50 | -5 | 5 | Culms totally green, usually much larger than Black bamboo.Distinctive culms are rough to the touch and whitish green. | . | Picture Data |
| Runner | ||||||||
| Phyllostachys praecox 'Prevernalis' |
. | 33.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | The middle of internodes are smaller in diameter than the ends. | . | Picture No Data |
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| Phyllostachys rubromarginata |
. | 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. | . | Picture No Data |
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| Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young' |
. | 40.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | The culms and branches soon turn from sulfur green to old gold. Longitudinal green stripes of variable width mark many internodes. | . | Picture Data |
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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. | . | Picture Data |
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| Phyllostachys vivax 'Huangwenzhu' |
. | 70.00 | 5.00 | -9 | 5 | Internodes green with yellow groove. From Henon. More frost resistant than the type. | . | Picture No Data |
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| Pleioblastus chino 'Vaginatus Variegatus' |
. | 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. | . | Picture Data |
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| Pseudosasa japonica |
Arrow Bamboo | 18.00 | 0.80 | 0 | 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. | . | Picture Data |
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| Pseudosasa japonica 'Akebono-suji' |
. | 18.00 | 0.80 | 0 | 3 | Leaves similar to 'Akebono' except that green stripes also run from base to tip of the leaves. | . | Picture No Data |
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| Pseudosasa japonica 'Tsutsumiana' |
Green Onion | 18.00 | 0.80 | 0 | 3 | Similar to the species except that the culm internodes tend to be swollen in shape somewhat like that of a green onion. | . | Picture Data |
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| Rhipidocladum racemiflorum |
. | 15.00 | 1.00 | 26 | U | Slender climbing culms; tips hang down as long vines carrying tufts of small light green leaves. | . | Picture No Data |
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| Schizostachyum brachycladum |
. | 45.00 | 4.00 | 35 | 5 | Erect, tight-clumping, drooping tips. Cultivars with coloured culms popular ornamentals in Asia. | . | Picture No Data |
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| Sinobambusa tootsik 'Albostriata' |
. | 30.00 | 1.50 | 10 | 4 | Similar to the type, but with yellowish white striped leaves. | . | Picture No Data |
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| Thyrsostachys siamensis |
MONASTERY BAMBOO | 40.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | One of the most graceful bamboos known. Culm walls very thick, almost solid. Sheath persistent. In monasteries in Thailand. | . | Picture Data |
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| Gifts |
| Musical Instruments, music |
| Other |
| Poles |
| Walking, hiking sticks |
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