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| Clumper/Runner |
| 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
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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| Oxytenanthera | Clumping bamboos from the savanna woodlands of tropical Africa. |
Oxytenanthera
abyssinica |
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30.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
Native to Ethiopia. Bright green, no thorns. Zigzag culms. |
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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 'Harbin Inversa' |
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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 |
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Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Harbin' |
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26.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
The culms are yellow with multiple green grooves running the length of each internode; rare. |
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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. |
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Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Tanakae' |
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U |
5 |
U |
Culms marked with elliptical purplish-brown spots. |
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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 |
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Phyllostachys
edulis 'Anderson' |
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75.00 |
7.00 |
-6 |
5 |
From the grove at Anderson, SC. Hardy to -6 F. |
Phyllostachys heterocycla pubescens 'Anderson |
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Phyllostachys
edulis 'Bicolor' |
MOSO |
75.00 |
7.00 |
5 |
5 |
Yellow culms with green sulcus. |
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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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Phyllostachys
heteroclada 'Solidstem' |
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24.00 |
1.30 |
-5 |
5 |
Similar to the species except that culms are solid below. |
Phyllostachys purpurata 'Solidstem' |
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Phyllostachys
iridescens |
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40.00 |
2.80 |
3 |
5 |
Some internodes near base have yellow striping. Sweet shoots, used for timber. |
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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 |
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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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Phyllostachys
nigra 'Daikokuchiku' |
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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. |
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Phyllostachys
nigra 'Henon' |
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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. |
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Phyllostachys
nigra 'Megurochiku' |
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54.00 |
3.50 |
3 |
5 |
Green, similar to 'Henon' but the culm grooves are brown or purplish-black. |
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Phyllostachys
nigra 'Shimadake' |
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54.00 |
3.50 |
0 |
5 |
Similar to Henon but with occasional brown vertical stripes on the culm after the first year. |
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Phyllostachys
parvifolia |
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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. |
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Phyllostachys
rubromarginata |
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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. |
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Phyllostachys
viridis 'Robert Young' |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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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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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