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Description |
Synonym |
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| Clumper/Runner |
| Acidosasa | A genus of bamboos native to south coastal China; shoots are sour. |
Acidosasa
edulis |
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40.00 |
2.00 |
U |
5 |
Culms green, glabrous. Sheath turns from green to brown. Shoots said to be delicious. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
| Ampelocalamus | Tender clumping bamboos of pendulous or scrambling habit, with ribbed culms and large culm sheath blades, from China to Nepal. |
Ampelocalamus
scandens |
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30.00 |
0.30 |
23 |
3 |
Very prominent leaf sheath bristles and corky swollen nodes. Many subequal branches, central branch may be as large as culm. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| Arundinaria | Genus of small to medium size hardy running bamboos, with numerous branches at each node and persistent culm sheaths. New shoots in spring. Native to the US only. All other species should be moved to different genera. |
Arundinaria
funghomii |
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30.00 |
1.10 |
0 |
4 |
Chinese. New culms covered with a gray bloom. Handsome, only grows about 4 ft tall in cold climates. May be Pseudosasa cantori. |
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Sources |
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| 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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Arundinaria
gigantea 'Macon' |
MACON RIVERCANE |
20.00 |
1.00 |
-22 |
5 |
More upright and hardier than the species; reported to stay evergreen with little leaf burn. |
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Sources |
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| 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
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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
dissimulator |
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50.00 |
3.00 |
25 |
5 |
A giant tropical, produces many thick walled, arching or erect, tough culms with long branches. |
Bambusa dissemulator |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
dissimulator 'Albinodia' |
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50.00 |
3.00 |
25 |
5 |
Similar to the species, but with pronounced white rings above and below the nodes. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
dolichoclada 'Stripe' |
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65.00 |
4.00 |
25 |
5 |
A beautiful giant from Taiwan. The culms are a waxy yellow with dark green stripes. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
dolichomerithalla 'Green stripe' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
25 |
5 |
This cultivar has yellow-green culms striped with dark green. Introduced in 1980 from Taiwan. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
dolichomerithalla 'Silverstripe' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
25 |
5 |
This cultivar has culms striped with silver. Introduced in 1980 from Taiwan. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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| 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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| 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. |
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Sources |
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| 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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Golden Goddess' |
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10.00 |
0.50 |
18 |
5 |
A dwarf form similar to 'Fernleaf' but with larger leaves. The culms tend to be yellowish. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Goldstripe' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
18 |
5 |
Mature green culms have a gold stripe that bleeds into the green. |
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Sources |
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| 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' |
Sources |
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| 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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Silverstripe' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
18 |
5 |
Many leaves have white stripes and some culms are also striped with white. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
odashimae X B. tuldoides |
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U |
U |
23 |
U |
Erect with long internodes. Previously B. edulis X tuldoides |
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Sources |
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| 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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
pachinensis |
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33.00 |
2.40 |
25 |
5 |
Medium size with yellowish culms, it resembles B. textilis. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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| 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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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 |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis var. albostriata |
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40.00 |
2.00 |
18 |
5 |
Same as species except culms are white striped. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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| 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. |
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Sources |
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| 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' |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
ventricosa 'Kimmei' |
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55.00 |
2.30 |
21 |
5 |
As the species, but with yellow culms striped with green. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| 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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Sources |
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| Runner |
| 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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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 |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Borinda
contracta |
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15.00 |
0.80 |
15 |
3 |
From Yunnan. Bushy with many culms. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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 |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Borinda
fungosa 'White Cloud' |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
20 |
U |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Borinda
lushuiensis |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
20 |
3 |
Yunnan 4/95. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Borinda
nujiangensis |
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20.00 |
1.50 |
15 |
3 |
aka Yunnan 3c/95. Previously misidentified as Fargesia yulongshanensis. Thick culm walls like B. papyrifera, but with smaller, darker, narrower leaves. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Borinda
papyrifera |
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25.00 |
2.00 |
15 |
3 |
New culms are powdery blue-white aging to yellow, with prominent fine vertical grooves. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Borinda
perlonga |
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20.00 |
1.50 |
15 |
3 |
Yunnan 6/95 (Lushui Co.). Very long culm sheaths with some hairs. Dense, light green, broad leaves, blue culms. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Borinda
sp. 'Muliensis' |
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6.00 |
0.30 |
10 |
3 |
From Sichuan (Muli Co.). Broad, deciduous leaves. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| Brachystachyum | Genus similar to Semiarundinaria having one species, one variety. |
Brachystachyum
densiflorum |
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20.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
3 |
Young culms hairy; leaves up to 7 inches long and an inch wide. Used for fishing rods and crafts. May be misidentified. |
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Sources |
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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
marmorea |
MARBLED BAMBOO |
6.00 |
0.50 |
15 |
3 |
New shoots and culm leaves are marbled with cream and purple. The almost solid culms turn dark purple. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Chimonobambusa
marmorea 'Variegata' |
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6.00 |
0.50 |
16 |
3 |
Same, except the leaves have narrow white stripes. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Chimonobambusa
quadrangularis |
SQUARE BAMBOO |
25.00 |
1.50 |
15 |
4 |
Prominent nodes. Culms are square in cross section with rounded corners, especially on large mature plants. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Chimonobambusa
quadrangularis 'Joseph de Jussieu' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
15 |
4 |
Also known as 'Nagamineus'. Yellow culms with green sulcus & few green stripes, with some white leaf stripes. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Chimonobambusa
quadrangularis 'Suow' |
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25.00 |
0.50 |
15 |
4 |
Culms are yellow with a few green stripes of varying width. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Chimonobambusa
quadrangularis 'Yellow Groove' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
15 |
4 |
Like the species, but with a yellow sulcus. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
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 |
Sources |
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| Runner |
| Chimonocalamus | 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. |
Chimonocalamus
pallens |
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26.00 |
1.20 |
U |
5 |
Erect culms, woody with root thorns at internode. Culm sheaths have green and purple striping. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| 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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Chusquea
culeou 'Caņa Prieta' |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
5 |
Darker culms, becoming red-brown or nearly black. Previously misidentified as C. nigricans. |
Chusquea nigricans |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Chusquea
culeou 'Hillier's Form' |
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9.00 |
0.80 |
5 |
4 |
Stubby branches and compact leaves are combine with smaller stature. Considered to be a seedling variation of C. culeou.
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Chusquea
cumingii |
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10.00 |
0.80 |
10 |
5 |
Native to semiarid central Chile. Coastal range on exposed slopes. Sometimes clambering. Numerous tiny stiff, very sharp leaves. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Chusquea
gigantea |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
0 |
5 |
Shoots red, culms light and dark green. Closely allied to C. culeou. Many branches per node, one to three thicker and very long. An “open clumper.” Has been sold as C. breviglumis. |
Chusquea breviglumis |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Chusquea
macrostachya |
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15.00 |
0.50 |
0 |
3 |
Native to southern Chile where it grows at elevations up to 3,000 feet. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Chusquea
mimosa ssp. Australis |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
20 |
3 |
From southern Brazil. Small leaves, on stiff burgundy-red culms. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Chusquea
sp. 'Las Vigas' |
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8.00 |
0.50 |
20 |
3 |
Large leaves and very pretty rosy-red new shoots and arching culms. It has a fairly vigorous spreading and clambering habit.
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Sources |
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| Open Clumper |
Chusquea
uliginosa |
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15.00 |
0.50 |
0 |
3 |
Native to southern Chile. Grows at the edge of seasonally inundated wetlands. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| Dendrocalamus | Giant tropical clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa, often with bigger branches and leaves, and hairier culms. |
Dendrocalamus
giganteus |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| Drepanostachyum | Small to medium size clumping, bamboos, elegant leaves. Smaller than Himalayacalamus Culm sheaths hairy inside at top. Branches many and all equal, while Himalayacalamus species also have a dominant central branch. |
Drepanostachyum
falcatum var. sengteeanum |
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30.00 |
1.10 |
20 |
3 |
Bright green culms, small, papery thin leaves. Hardiest Drepanostachyum. Was sold in the US as D. falconeri. |
D.falconeri, A. falconeri, H. falconeri var glomeratum |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Drepanostachyum
khasianum |
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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. |
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Sources |
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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
adpressa |
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18.00 |
1.30 |
0 |
3 |
From Sichuan; similar to F. robusta. This plant has been sold as Fargesia sp. A-4. Open clumps of purplish-green culms. Some of the plants may be F. murieliae. |
Fargesia sp "A-4", or F. murieliae |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
apircirubens |
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 |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
apircirubens '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' |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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' |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
murieliae |
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15.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
Clone introduced by Wilson in 1907 set seed in 1980s & 90s and died. Seedling variants are available under many cultivar names. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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| Runner |
| Himalayacalamus | Clump-forming mountain bamboos from the Himalayas with attractive culms and lush foliage. |
Himalayacalamus
falconeri |
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30.00 |
1.30 |
15 |
3 |
US clone is from Damarapa with no stripes. Also see Drepanostachyum sengteeanum. |
Drepanostachyum sengteeanum |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Himalayacalamus
falconeri 'Damarapa' |
CANDY-STRIPE BAMBOO |
20.00 |
2.00 |
15 |
2 |
Beautiful cultivar with masses of leaves on long, slender branchlets. Culms green, striped with yellow or lavender-pink. Formerly misidentified, and Drepanostachyum hookerianum. Species stil uncertain. |
Drepanostachyum hookerianum |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Himalayacalamus
hookerianus |
BLUE BAMBOO |
20.00 |
0.80 |
20 |
2 |
Light blue culms become blue-purple in first winter. Formaly sold as Drepanostachyum falcatum. Named seedling clones have not maintained differences when mature.
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Drepanostachyum falcatum |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Himalayacalamus
planatus |
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20.00 |
0.50 |
15 |
3 |
From C Nepal. As H. falconeri but with rougher culm sheaths. Split from H. asper. Previously Neomicrocalamus microphyllus. |
H. asper |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Himalayacalamus
porcatus |
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20.00 |
1.00 |
20 |
3 |
From Nepal. Grows above 2000 meters. Tight clumper, finely ridged internodes. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| 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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Sources |
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| Runner |
Indocalamus
longiauritus |
|
5.00 |
0.30 |
-5 |
4 |
Culms hairy below the nodes; prominent auricles and oral setae. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Indocalamus
tessellatus |
Big Leaf |
7.00 |
0.50 |
-10 |
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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Indocalamus
victorialis |
|
5.00 |
0.20 |
0 |
3 |
A new introduction from China. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
| Indosasa | A group of mid-size running bamboos from southern China and Vietnam. |
Indosasa
crassiflora |
|
20.00 |
1.60 |
U |
U |
Culm wall thick, nearly solid. Glabrous, slightly pruinose. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
| Otatea | Genus of American clumping bamboos with 3 known species. From central Mexico to Central America. |
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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Clumper |
| Phyllostachys | Medium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid-culm nodes. They shoot in spring. |
Phyllostachys
angusta |
STONE BAMBOO |
22.00 |
1.30 |
-2 |
5 |
Called Stone Bamboo because of the hard texture of its culms which in China are used to make fine bamboo furniture. |
|
Sources |
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| Runner |
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 |
|
| Runner |
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. |
|
Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aurea 'Flavescens-inversa' |
|
27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
The green culms have a pale yellow groove. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aurea 'Koi' |
|
27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
The culms turn from green to yellow after the first 6 months, but the culm grooves remain green. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aurea 'Takemurai' |
|
35.00 |
3.00 |
5 |
5 |
It lacks the short internodes of the typical form. |
|
Sources |
|
| 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 |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' |
|
26.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
Culms are entirely yellow except for a few vertical green stripes. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Harbin Inversa' |
|
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 |
|
Sources |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Albovariegata' |
|
25.00 |
1.75 |
5 |
5 |
Apricot fading to white leaf variegation is startling in the spring, but it fades by the end of the year. Culms green. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Allgold' |
|
35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
The culms are entirely golden yellow except for an occasional thin green stripe. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Castillon Inversa' |
|
35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
This is the complement of the above; culms are green with yellow grooves. |
|
Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Castillon' |
|
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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Marliac' |
|
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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Rib Leaf' |
|
50.00 |
4.00 |
5 |
5 |
Leaves short, wide and ribbed along the parallel venation.
|
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Richard Haubrich' |
|
35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
Sport from base of 'Castillonis' with dramatic green stripes on white leaves, slow grower. Bamboo 23: 7. 2002 |
|
Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Subvariegata' |
|
48.00 |
3.00 |
5 |
5 |
The leaves have light green stripes on a dark green background. |
|
Sources |
|
| 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 |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
edulis |
MOSO |
75.00 |
7.00 |
5 |
5 |
Largest of the hardy bamboos. Young culms are covered with a velvety coat of soft hairs. The most used bamboo in China, used for food , timber, paper, plywood, and flooring. |
Phyllostachys heterocycla pubescens |
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
flexuosa 'Kimmei' |
|
31.00 |
2.80 |
0 |
5 |
Like the species, but striped with yellow. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
heteroclada |
WATER BAMBOO |
33.00 |
1.50 |
-11 |
5 |
Larger, more erect, and less zigzag than P. h. 'Purpurata'. |
Phyllostachys purpurata 'Straightstem' |
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
humilis |
|
20.00 |
1.00 |
3 |
5 |
One of the smallest members of the genus, it is widely cultivated in Japan. Culms darken with age. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
incarnata |
|
40.00 |
3.00 |
-10 |
5 |
Culms sheaths are purple. Culms are olive green. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
mannii 'Decora' |
|
30.00 |
1.80 |
-5 |
5 |
From the Yangtze valley and adjacent areas of China. In China, it is called the Beautiful Bamboo. One of the best performers under stress of desert heat, cold, and drought in Nevada. Now considered to be conspecific with P. mannii 'mannii'. |
Phyllostachys decora |
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
meyeri |
|
33.00 |
2.00 |
0 |
5 |
Similar in appearance to P. aurea but without the short internodes. |
|
Sources |
|
| 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 |
|
Sources |
|
| 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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Daikokuchiku' |
|
57.00 |
3.30 |
5 |
5 |
A clone from California, claimed to be larger than the species, with culms supposedly turning black more rapidly than other clones. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Hale' |
|
20.00 |
1.50 |
0 |
4 |
Similar to the type, but smaller and hardier. Culms turn black almost immediately. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Henon' |
|
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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Megurochiku' |
|
54.00 |
3.50 |
3 |
5 |
Green, similar to 'Henon' but the culm grooves are brown or purplish-black. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Muchisasa' |
|
12.00 |
1.00 |
5 |
5 |
The culms turn brownish-black, not dense purplish black. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Shimadake' |
|
54.00 |
3.50 |
0 |
5 |
Similar to Henon but with occasional brown vertical stripes on the culm after the first year. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Tosaensis' |
|
30.00 |
1.50 |
5 |
3 |
Like Bory but with 1 or 2 long brown spots per internode, leaves sometimes variegated. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nuda |
|
34.00 |
1.80 |
-10 |
5 |
Reputed to be the hardiest species of the genus. New culms are dark green and powdery. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
parvifolia |
|
40.00 |
4.00 |
0 |
5 |
Small leaves make this a shining star. Culms have powdered rings under nodes, like P. nuda. From a distance resembles P. nigra 'Henon', but the culms are comparatively thicker and the leaves are smaller. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
platyglossa |
|
26.00 |
1.50 |
0 |
5 |
Mature culms have long internodes. Grown for its shoots in China. Timber inferior. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
varioauriculata |
Black bamboo |
13.00 |
1.00 |
U |
U |
New introduction |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
violascens |
|
20.00 |
2.00 |
0 |
5 |
Culms blackish-violet at first, sometimes striped with violet. Sheaths deep purple. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
viridis |
|
47.00 |
3.30 |
0 |
5 |
A large species, high quality wood, excellent shoots. Culms feel somewhat rough due to tiny indentations. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
viridis 'Houzeau' |
|
45.00 |
3.00 |
0 |
5 |
Differs by having culms that are green with a yellow groove. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
viridis 'Robert Young' |
|
40.00 |
3.00 |
5 |
5 |
The culms and branches soon turn from sulfur green to old gold. Longitudinal green stripes of variable width mark many internodes. |
|
Sources |
|
| 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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
vivax 'Aureocaulis' |
|
70.00 |
5.00 |
5 |
5 |
The culms turn yellow with a few narrow green stripes. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
vivax 'Huangwenzhu Inversa' |
|
70.00 |
5.00 |
0 |
5 |
The culms are yellow with a green groove. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Phyllostachys
vivax 'Huangwenzhu' |
|
70.00 |
5.00 |
0 |
5 |
Internodes green with yellow groove. From Henon. More frost resistant than the type. |
|
Sources |
|
| 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
akebono |
|
2.00 |
0.30 |
10 |
3 |
The small leaves, no more than 3 inches long by 1/2 inch wide, are often green shading to white to the tips. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
argenteostriatus |
|
3.00 |
0.30 |
10 |
2 |
The green leaves, which are more or less striped with white or yellow, are hairless on both surfaces. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
chino 'Angustifolia' |
|
10.00 |
0.80 |
10 |
3 |
Distinguished from the species by very narrow leaves, 1/4” x 5”. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
chino 'Elegantissimus' |
|
10.00 |
0.80 |
10 |
3 |
Leaf blades narrow and frequently white stripes mottled with green dots. May be same as angustifolia. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
chino 'Kimmei' |
|
10.00 |
0.80 |
10 |
3 |
Leaves and culms have yellow stripes. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
chino 'Murakamiansus' |
|
10.00 |
0.80 |
10 |
3 |
Leaves are highly variegated with white stripes; some are totally white. On average 25% of the leaf is green. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
distichus |
DWARF FERN LEAF |
2.00 |
0.20 |
0 |
3 |
Branchlets bear tiny, two ranked leaves which are often only 1 inch long by 1/4 inch wide. A good ground cover or container plant. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
distichus 'Mini' |
|
1.00 |
0.20 |
0 |
3 |
Like the species, but only 8-12” high. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
fortunei |
Dwarf Whitestripe |
4.00 |
0.20 |
10 |
3 |
Dwarf variegated bamboo. Leaves keep their white stripes through the year, softly hairy on the lower surface. Aka P. variegatus. |
Pleioblastus variegatus |
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
gramineus |
|
12.00 |
0.50 |
5 |
4 |
The long rather narrow leaves are grass-like in appearance. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
gramineus 'Monstrispiralis' |
|
12.00 |
4.00 |
5 |
3 |
Tillering culms are distorted with spiraling internodes, single ones normal. |
Pleioblastus gramineus 'Raseetsu-chiku' |
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
hindsii |
|
15.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
4 |
Similar to P. gramineus, but with wider, more erect leaves. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
humilis |
|
7.00 |
0.30 |
0 |
3 |
An attractive dwarf with dark green leaves. An aggressive runner good for erosion control. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
kongosanensis 'Aureostriatus' |
|
6.00 |
0.40 |
5 |
4 |
The dark green leaves have an occasional golden stripe and are covered with soft hairs on their lower surface. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
linearis |
|
14.00 |
1.00 |
10 |
5 |
A native of Taiwan, a vigorous runner with long, narrow, grass-like leaves. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
pygmaeus |
|
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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
pygmaeus 'Ramosissimus' |
|
6.00 |
0.10 |
0 |
3 |
Similar to P. distichus and P. pygmaeus but taller and hardier. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
shibuyanus 'Tsuboi' |
UEDA-ZASA |
9.00 |
0.30 |
-5 |
3 |
A vigorous growing dwarf with rather small, white striped leaves. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
simonii 'Variegatus' |
|
20.00 |
1.50 |
5 |
4 |
Has some leaves variegated. Leaves on a culm may be different types— broad, narrow, green, or white striped. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
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 |
|
| Runner |
Pleioblastus
viridistriatus 'Chrysophyllus' |
|
3.00 |
0.30 |
0 |
2 |
Same as Pl. viridistriatus, except that the leaves are yellow with only very faint green stripes. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
| Pseudosasa | Small to medium size running bamboos which usually have only one branch at a node. |
Pseudosasa
amabilis |
TONKIN CANE, TEA STICK |
50.00 |
2.50 |
15 |
5 |
The culms are straight, thick walled, non-prominent nodes, valued for its wood. Used for split bamboo fishing poles, decorative wood trim. Native to a very small area of China. |
Arundinaria amabilis |
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pseudosasa
cantori |
|
16.00 |
1.30 |
0 |
3 |
New from China. Even joints with black waxy ring above and below nodes. Used for furniture. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pseudosasa
japonica 'Akebono' |
|
18.00 |
0.80 |
5 |
3 |
Leaves are green at the base, shade to yellow-white at the tips. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pseudosasa
japonica 'Pleioblastoides' |
|
18.00 |
0.80 |
5 |
3 |
Differs only in having three branches at the node instead of just one. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pseudosasa
japonica 'Tsutsumiana' |
Green Onion |
18.00 |
0.80 |
5 |
3 |
Similar to the species except that the culm internodes tend to be swollen in shape somewhat like that of a green onion. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pseudosasa
longiligula |
|
26.00 |
1.70 |
10 |
3 |
Thick tall culms with even nodes, used in China for furniture making. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pseudosasa
owatarii |
|
3.00 |
0.30 |
0 |
3 |
Endemic to Yakushima, a small island in Japan. Form ‘pygmaea’ is only a few inches tall. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Pseudosasa
usawai |
|
16.00 |
0.80 |
10 |
3 |
From Taiwan where it grows at elevations up to about 4,000 feet. |
|
Sources |
|
| 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 |
|
| Runner |
Sasa
palmata |
|
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. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Sasa
sp. |
|
U |
U |
U |
U |
Many retailers carry an assortment of 'little green runners' of uncertain identification. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Sasa
tsuboiana |
|
6.00 |
0.30 |
5 |
2 |
A Japanese bamboo with large, dark green, attractive leaves. |
|
Sources |
|
| 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. |
|
Sources |
|
| 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
bitchuensis |
|
6.00 |
0.40 |
5 |
2 |
Native to the eastern side of Honshu, Japan; it has densely hairy culm leaf sheaths. |
|
Sources |
|
| Runner |
Sasaella
masamuneana |
|
6.00 |
0.30 |
3 |
3 |
Typical form with plain green leaves. Also called S. rhyncantha or S. m. rhyncantha |
Sasaella masamuneana rhyncantha |
Sources |
|
| Runner |
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
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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| Runner |
Semiarundinaria
kagamiana |
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30.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
Similar to S. fastuosa with longer branches and pubescent leaves & leaf sheaths. |
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| Runner |
Semiarundinaria
lubrica |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
23 |
U |
A recent introduction. Perhaps is Oligostachyum lubricum Shoots edible. |
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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
sp. 'Korea' |
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5.00 |
0.30 |
0 |
U |
Unidentified species imported by Gerald Bol from Korea. |
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| Runner |
Semiarundinaria
yamadori |
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15.00 |
0.75 |
0 |
5 |
the leaves are light green. Has the wide leaves of okuboi and other Semiarundinarias, wider than fastuosa |
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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 |
Semiarundinaria
yashadake 'kimmei inversa' |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
5 |
5 |
Like Semiarundinaria yashadake Kimmei ,but redish to green culms with yellow sulcus |
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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
chinensis |
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2.00 |
0.10 |
-5 |
3 |
Similar but smaller than S. kumasaca, it may also be hardier. Shows less leaf burn under alkaline conditions. |
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| Runner |
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 |
Shibataea
kumasaca 'Aureostriata' |
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7.00 |
0.30 |
-5 |
3 |
Similar, but has gold stripes on the young leaves. |
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| Runner |
Shibataea
lancifolia |
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7.00 |
0.30 |
0 |
3 |
The leaves are longer and narrower than on others of the genus. |
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| Runner |
| Sinobambusa | Running bamboos similar to Semiarundinaria except that the culm leaves promptly fall off. |
Sinobambusa
intermedia |
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16.00 |
1.00 |
10 |
4 |
Culm internodes up to 2 feet long, rough to the touch. May be a Semiarundinaria species. |
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| Runner |
Sinobambusa
tootsik |
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30.00 |
1.50 |
10 |
4 |
A vigorous growing runner with straight, erect culms. |
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| Runner |
Sinobambusa
tootsik 'Albostriata' |
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30.00 |
1.50 |
10 |
4 |
Similar to the type, but with yellowish white striped leaves. |
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| Runner |
| Thamnocalamus | Clumping bamboos from the mountains of eastern Asia and Africa, similar to Fargesia. |
Thamnocalamus
crassinodus |
|
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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| Clumper |
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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| Clumper |
Thamnocalamus
crassinodus 'Kew Beauty' |
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15.00 |
0.75 |
15 |
3 |
very small leaves on blue-grey canes which become red or brown with age. |
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| Clumper |
Thamnocalamus
crassinodus 'Merlyn' |
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25.00 |
1.00 |
5 |
U |
Tallest and hardiest of several clones.
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| Clumper |
Thamnocalamus
nepalensis 'Nyalam' |
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8.00 |
0.50 |
5 |
U |
From Tibet. Short, upright and hardy. No oral setae. Broad pendulous leaves.
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| Clumper |
Thamnocalamus
spathiflorus |
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16.00 |
0.80 |
15 |
3 |
From the E Himalayas. Culms become very red. Foliage leaves with prominent oral setae. Less hardy.
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| Clumper |
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 |
| Yushania | A large group of spreading thornless frost-hardy bamboos from Taiwan, the Himalayas and Africa. Rhizomes pachymorph, often with long rootless necks, but also tillering, so forming spreading thickets. |
Yushania
anceps |
|
12.00 |
0.50 |
10 |
3 |
One of the beautiful mountain bamboos from the Himalayas of India. |
Arundinaria anceps |
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| Open Clumper |
Yushania
boliana |
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24.00 |
2.00 |
10 |
3 |
Pale blue culms, reaches large size quickly. From Sichuan, via Fuji Bamboo Gardens in Japan. Culms well spaced in warmer climates. |
Borinda boliana |
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| Open Clumper |
Yushania
brevipaniculata |
|
6.00 |
0.40 |
-4 |
3 |
Previously known as Y. chungii. Very large auricles. Found at altitudes of 2.5-3.8 km in western Sichuan, China. |
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Sources |
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| Open Clumper |
Yushania
maculata |
|
10.00 |
0.60 |
U |
3 |
From Yunnan and Sichuan. Grows in pine forests at elevation 1.8-3.5 km. Young culms have fine striae. |
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Sources |
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| Open Clumper |
Yushania
maling |
|
20.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
4 |
The most common spreading bamboo in E Nepal. Long solid rhizome necks. Rough internodes on new culms. |
Arundinaria maling |
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| Open Clumper |