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EastWest Bamboo Farm & Gardens 10 Yellow City Road Amenia, NY 12501 U.S.A. |
914-522-8304 Anthony Poveromo |
All our bamboo is field grown specimen size here in Amenia, NY (zone 5). All bamboo is dug to order - we have no bamboo in pots. Will install bamboo, root barriers and maintain or remove bamboo groves. |
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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 tecta |
SWITCH CANE | 6.00 | 0.50 | -10 | 5 | Similar to A. gigantea but generally smaller. It differs in persistent culm sheaths, air channels in its rhizomes, and can grow in wet ground. | Sources | MORE |
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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 dracocephala 'Rufa' |
10.00 | 0.50 | -10 | 2 | From Sichuan. Early shoots. Also known as Gansu 95-1. Close to the description of the real F. dracocephala. | Fargesia sp. 'rufa' | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys | Medium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid-culm nodes. They shoot in spring. | ||||||||
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 |
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Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' |
26.00 | 1.50 | -5 | 5 | Culms are entirely yellow except for a few vertical green stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Harbin' |
26.00 | 1.50 | -5 | 5 | The culms are yellow with multiple green grooves running the length of each internode; rare. | Sources | MORE |
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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 | MORE |
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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 |
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Phyllostachys flexuosa |
31.00 | 2.80 | 0 | 5 | Named because some of the culms show a distinct zigzag pattern. One form is hardy to -8 ? F. | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys heteroclada 'Purpurata' |
18.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 5 | The slender, zigzag culms often bend to the ground under the weight of rain or in a strong wind. Air channels in rhizomes permit growth in wet locations. | Phyllostachys purpurata | Sources | MORE |
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Phyllostachys kwangsiensis |
40.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | Resembles P. edulis (Moso) with hairy young culms. It is said to grow better in areas with cool summers. | Sources | MORE |
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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 | MORE |
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Phyllostachys nigra 'Hale' |
20.00 | 1.50 | 0 | 4 | Similar to the type, but smaller and hardier. Culms turn black almost immediately. | Sources | MORE |
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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 | MORE |
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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 |
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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 | MORE |
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Pleioblastus | Genus of small and medium size running bamboos with persistent culm leaves. Most are native to Japan, were formerly classified in Arundinaria. | ||||||||
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 | MORE |
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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 |
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Product |
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Bamboo Removal |
Consulting, Landscape |
Poles |
Rhizome barriers |
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