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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
balcooa |
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60.00 |
6.00 |
25 |
5 |
From India. Tangled clumps make harvest difficult. Strong, used for construction, crafts, shoots. |
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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
dolichoclada |
Long-Branch Bamboo |
65.00 |
4.00 |
25 |
5 |
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B. dolichoclada 'Hayata' |
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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 |
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45.00 |
2.00 |
21 |
5 |
Straight, erect, thick-walled culms; some with fine white stripes. Grown in Hong Kong area. |
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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
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
oliveriana |
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45.00 |
2.00 |
32 |
4 |
Densely clumping with thick-walled, glossy green culms. |
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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
sp 'Hirose' |
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55.00 |
5.00 |
21 |
5 |
Tightly clumping, upright, to 50-60ft, 4-6ins, poorly known, possibly B. oldhamii.
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Bambusa
sp. 'Nana' |
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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. |
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Bambusa
sp. 'Polymorpha' |
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65.00 |
6.00 |
32 |
5 |
Green culms densely covered with grayish white silky hair; branches short, slender, and dense. ID uncertain. |
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Bambusa
sp. 'Richard Waldron' |
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10.00 |
0.50 |
20 |
5 |
Compact erect small bamboo similar to B. multiplex, identity and origins uncertain. |
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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. |
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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 'Kanapaha' |
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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’.
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Bambusa
textilis 'Mutabilis' |
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40.00 |
2.30 |
18 |
5 |
Persistent blue-white bloom and long internodes. Previously misidentified as B. mutabilis and as B. textilis var. fusca.
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Bambusa mutabilis |
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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
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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| Cephalostachyum | Tall, shrubby or climbing bamboos with generally slender, stiff and thin-walled culms. From India, China, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia. |
Cephalostachyum
pergracile |
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30.00 |
2.00 |
32 |
5 |
Culms are straight and erect, covered with white bristly hairs. Used as a flavor-adding vessel for cooking rice. |
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| Dendrocalamus | Giant tropical clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa, often with bigger branches and leaves, and hairier culms. |
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 (variegated) |
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100.00 |
12.00 |
32 |
5 |
Like the species but with variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. |
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Dendrocalamus
minor |
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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. |
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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
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
sp. 'Parker's Giant' |
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80.00 |
12.00 |
U |
5 |
BIG! An unidentified, giant, timber bamboo. Discovered by Jim Parker in Hawaii. Massive, thick culms. |
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Dendrocalamus
validus |
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45.00 |
4.00 |
25 |
5 |
Errect culms with slightly convex internodes. |
Bambusa valida |
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| Dinochloa | High-climbing clumping bamboos native from Burma to the Philippines, with solid culms that twine around trees and other plants for support. Large fleshy fruits, from the size of a pea to a golf ball. |
Dinochloa
malayana |
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30.00 |
0.50 |
28 |
3 |
From Malaysia and Thailand. Leaves large and shiny. Rough culms and internodes, and hairy culm sheaths. |
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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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Gigantochloa
luteostriata |
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30.00 |
2.00 |
28 |
5 |
Erect with full foliage on top. Young leaves variegated white/green. Canes green, intermittent white stripes. |
Bambusa luteostriata |
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Gigantochloa
sp. 'Bali White Stripe' |
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30.00 |
3.00 |
28 |
5 |
White stripes on leaves and culms. |
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Gigantochloa
sp. marga |
Tiger Stripe |
20.00 |
1.20 |
28 |
5 |
Named for the striping on the culm sheaths |
G4761 |
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| Guadua | A genus of giant, thorny, tropical clumping bamboos native to the New World. Clumps very open. Some older references include them in Bambusa. |
Guadua
sp. 'Aureocaulis' |
Moonlight |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Blonde white culms with random width green stripes and white nodal rings. Leaves strongly white-variegated. |
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