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| Clumper/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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| 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
fungosa 'White Cloud' |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
20 |
U |
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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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| Clumper |
Borinda
yulongshanensis |
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16.00 |
0.75 |
0 |
3 |
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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
andina 'Blue Andes' |
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12.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
5 |
Small spiky blue leaves are unusual in bamboo. This species from the treeline of the Chilean Andes may be one of the hardiest of South American Bamboos. |
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| Clumper |
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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| 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 |
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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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| 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
nitida 'Jiuzhaigou 01' |
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12.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
New introduction. A clone from Jiuzhaigou Reserve with Red Culms. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
nitida 'Jiuzhaigou 10' |
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12.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
New introduction. This interesting but rare form of Jiuzhaigou has canes that age to a rich yellow/gold color. It appears to grow as tall, if not a little taller than Jiuzhaigou I (11 feet on average). |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
nitida 'Jiuzhaigou 4' |
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8.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
New introduction. The darkest colored form of 'Jiuzhaigou' collected from Jiuzhaigou Park in northern Sichuan China by R. Willumeit. Shorter than other Jiuzhaigou forms. |
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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 'Campbell' |
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12.00 |
U |
0 |
U |
Upright form with small leaves |
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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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| 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
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. |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aurea 'Albovariegata' |
VARIEGATED GOLDEN BAMBOO |
27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
Same, except that the leaves are smaller, striped with white. Many plants flowered recently; some have survived but nearly all reverted to normal form. |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aurea 'Dr Don' |
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27.00 |
1.80 |
10 |
5 |
Glaucous blue culms with denser wax than usual |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aurea 'Koi' |
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27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
The culms turn from green to yellow after the first 6 months, but the culm grooves remain green. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' |
Green groove |
26.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
The culms are yellow with a green groove, just opposite of the typical form. Smaller in hottest areas. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides |
GIANT JAPANESE TIMBER, MADAKE |
72.00 |
6.00 |
5 |
5 |
The most utilized bamboo in Japan where it is valued for its large straight thick-walled culms. Flowered extensively in the 1970’s and many plants died. Most plants have regained their vegetative vigor. |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Allgold' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
The culms are entirely golden yellow except for an occasional thin green stripe. |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Castillon Inversa' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
This is the complement of the above; culms are green with yellow grooves. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Castillon variegata' |
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U |
U |
U |
U |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Castillon' |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Richard Haubrich' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
Sport from base of 'Castillonis' with dramatic green stripes on white leaves, slow grower. Bamboo 23: 7. 2002 |
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| 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 |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
edulis 'Bicolor' |
MOSO |
75.00 |
7.00 |
5 |
5 |
Yellow culms with green sulcus. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
edulis 'Goldstripe' |
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75.00 |
7.00 |
5 |
5 |
A Moso seedling that shows gold striation. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
edulis 'Heterocycla' |
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U |
U |
5 |
U |
This is the famous Tortoise Shell Bamboo, with nodes slanted alternately in opposite directions. In Japan it is called Kikkochiku. |
Phyllostachys heterocycla |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
glauca 'Yunzhu' |
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34.00 |
2.00 |
0 |
5 |
Has purplish-black spots or ovals on the culms. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra |
Black bamboo |
30.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
Culms turn jet black after the first 6 months to one year. Popular because of its graceful habit and the sharp accent of its culm color. Said to grow larger in northern climates. It is not clear whether there is significant difference between some of the cultivars |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Bory' |
Snakeskin |
50.00 |
3.00 |
0 |
5 |
Differs from P. nigra by growing larger. Culms blotched with black, never completely black. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Hale' |
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20.00 |
1.50 |
0 |
4 |
Similar to the type, but smaller and hardier. Culms turn black almost immediately. |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
vivax |
Vivax |
70.00 |
5.00 |
5 |
5 |
Resembles P. bambusoides except that the culms have thinner walls and a white powdery band beneath each node at sheath-fall. Gray-green when mature. |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
vivax 'Aureocaulis' |
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70.00 |
5.00 |
5 |
5 |
The culms turn yellow with a few narrow green stripes. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
vivax 'Huangwenzhu Inversa' |
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70.00 |
5.00 |
0 |
5 |
The culms are yellow with a green groove. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
vivax 'Huangwenzhu' |
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70.00 |
5.00 |
0 |
5 |
Internodes green with yellow groove. From Henon. More frost resistant than the type. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
| Thamnocalamus | Clumping bamboos from the mountains of eastern Asia and Africa, similar to Fargesia. |
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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Sources |
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| Clumper |