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Bamboo Botanicals
1319 Yarmouth Street
Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 5M7
Canada
(604) 600-3395
Matt Lang

www.bamboobotanicals.ca
Bamboo Botanicals - Bamboo Garden & Nursery dedicated to the appreciation, education and promotion of bamboo. Many species of rare and ornamental bamboo from around the world. By appointment only.

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Clumper/Runner
BorindaClump-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
  20.00 1.00 15 3 4 clones introduced, Yunnan 1/95; 2/95; 3a/95; 3b/95.   Sources Photos
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Borinda
fungosa
'White Cloud'
  15.00 1.00 20 U A little smaller and more tender than the species. The leaves have an akebono look with a little white striping   Sources Photos
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Borinda
papyrifera
  25.00 2.00 15 3 New culms are powdery blue-white aging to yellow, with prominent fine vertical grooves.   Sources Photos
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Borinda
yulongshanensis
  16.00 0.75 0 3   Sources Photos
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ChusqueaA 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'
  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.   Sources Photos
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Chusquea
culeou
  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.   Sources Photos
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Chusquea
culeou
'Caņa Prieta'
  15.00 1.00 0 5 Darker culms, becoming red-brown or nearly black. Previously misidentified as C. nigricans. Chusquea nigricans Sources Photos
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Chusquea
culeou
'Hillier's Form'
  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.   Sources Photos
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FargesiaClumping 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'
  12.00 0.50 -15 2 New introduction. A clone from Jiuzhaigou Reserve with Red Culms.   Sources Photos
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Fargesia
nitida
'Jiuzhaigou 10'
  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).   Sources
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Fargesia
nitida
'Jiuzhaigou 4'
  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.   Sources Photos
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Fargesia
nitida
'Jiuzhaigou'
  12.00 0.50 -15 2 New introductions. Several new seedling clones from Jiuzhaigou Reserve.   Sources Photos
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Fargesia
robusta
  16.00 1.00 0 4 From Sichuan Province, China, at elevations over 8,000 feet.Early shoots.   Sources Photos
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Fargesia
robusta
'Campbell'
  12.00 U 0 U Upright form with small leaves   Sources Photos
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Fargesia
robusta
'Wolong'
  17.00 1.00 0 4 Collected in Wolong, Sichuan in 1996. More vigorous, with larger leaves. Bamboo 23: 16. 2002.   Sources Photos
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Fargesia
sp.
'Scabrida'
  U U -5 4 From Pingwu, Sichuan. Orange sheaths as F. dracocephala 'Rufa' but with more culm wax. Not F. scabrida.   Sources Photos
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PhyllostachysMedium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid-culm nodes. They shoot in spring.
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.   Sources Photos
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Phyllostachys
aurea
'Dr Don'
  27.00 1.80 10 5 Glaucous blue culms with denser wax than usual   Sources Photos
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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 Photos
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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.   Sources Photos
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Phyllostachys
bambusoides
'Allgold'
  35.00 2.00 5 5 The culms are entirely golden yellow except for an occasional thin green stripe.   Sources Photos
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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 Photos
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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 Photos
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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 Photos
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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.   Sources Photos
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Phyllostachys
vivax
'Aureocaulis'
  70.00 5.00 5 5 The culms turn yellow with a few narrow green stripes.   Sources Photos
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Phyllostachys
vivax
'Huangwenzhu Inversa'
  70.00 5.00 0 5 The culms are yellow with a green groove.   Sources Photos
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Phyllostachys
vivax
'Huangwenzhu'
  70.00 5.00 0 5 Internodes green with yellow groove. From Henon. More frost resistant than the type.   Sources Photos
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PleioblastusGenus of small and medium size running bamboos with persistent culm leaves. Most are native to Japan, were formerly classified in Arundinaria.
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 Photos
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ThamnocalamusClumping bamboos from the mountains of eastern Asia and Africa, similar to Fargesia.
Thamnocalamus
crassinodus
'Kew Beauty'
  15.00 0.75 15 3 very small leaves on blue-grey canes which become red or brown with age.   Sources Photos
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Clumper

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