| BAMBOOWEB.INFO |
| Company | Contact information | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stanton Bamboo 95 North Stone St. West Suffield, CT 06093 U.S.A. |
860-930-0465 Chris Stanton |
Bamboo species for the northeast, cold hardy in zones 5&6. Specialty Balled & Burlaped bamboo plants ideal for screening,groves,or specimen. Visits by appointment only, call ahead. Local installation, grove management and delivery available. |
Color code:  |
|
|
|
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus species | Common Name | Max Ht Ft |
Max Dia In |
Min Temp F |
Sun 5=full sun |
Description | Synonym | Sources | More Info |
| Clumper/Runner | |||||||||
| 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' |
16.00 | 1.30 | 3 | 4 | This form has strikingly attractive leaves variegated in cream and green. The colors persist throughout the year. | Sources |  MORE |
||
| 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 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 | Sources | MORE |
| Runner | |||||||||
| 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. | Sources | MORE |
|
| Runner | |||||||||
| Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' |
26.00 | 1.50 | -5 | 5 | Culms are entirely yellow except for a few vertical green stripes. | Sources | MORE |
||
| 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. | Sources | MORE |
|
| Runner | |||||||||
| Phyllostachys bissetii |
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. | Sources | MORE |
||
| Runner | |||||||||
| Phyllostachys bissetii 'Dwarf' |
18.00 | 1.00 | -10 | 5 | Differs by being smaller, and having whitish patches on the culms; hardier, perhaps. | Sources | MORE |
||
| Runner | |||||||||
| Phyllostachys nigra 'Hale' |
20.00 | 1.50 | 0 | 4 | Similar to the type, but smaller and hardier. Culms turn black almost immediately. | Sources | MORE |
||
| Runner | |||||||||
| Phyllostachys propinqua 'Beijing' |
U | U | -10 | U | Shoots are gray, leaves larger. Reported to take temperatures down to -15F, grows faster than the type. | Sources | MORE |
||
| Runner | |||||||||
| Phyllostachys rubromarginata |
60.00 | 3.00 | -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. | Sources | MORE |
||
| 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 viridistriatus |
Dwarf Green Stripe | 3.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 2 | The new leaves in spring are golden-yellow with green stripes, about 7 by 1.5 inch, densely hairy on the lower surface. Old culms should be mowed in winter making way for brilliant new growth in spring. | Sources | MORE |
|
| Runner | |||||||||
| Sasa | Running species, dwarf or up to 6 feet tall, with at most one branch per node. The leaves are usually large. | ||||||||
| Sasa kurilensis |
10.00 | 0.80 | 0 | 2 | One of the most widely distributed bamboos in Japan. Its native range extends to 50? north on Sakhalin Island, Russia. | Sources | MORE |
||
| Runner | |||||||||
| Sasa shimidzuana |
6.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 2 | Leaves up to 11 inches long and 2 inches wide, the underside covered with soft hairs. AKA S. asahinae | Sasa asahinae | Sources | MORE |
|
| Runner | |||||||||
|
|
|
|