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| Ninth Ward Nursery New Orleans, LA 70117 U.S.A. |
504-296-8398 Mark Sanders www.ninthwardnursery.com |
Serving the New Orleans area. Variety of clumping and running bamboos for sale. Installation and delivery available. |
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| 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 chungii |
33.00 | 2.50 | 21 | 5 | Culms covered with white powder. Thin walled. Used in papermaking, weaving. | Sources |  MORE |
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| Bambusa chungii var. barbelatta |
22.00 | 1.50 | 21 | 5 | Grows to about 3/4 the size, with lighter ring of hair around new culm nodes and looser culm sheath blade. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa lako |
TIMOR BLACK | 50.00 | 3.50 | 28 | 5 | Shiny culms green through brown to purple-black with some bold green or pale yellow stripes. Erect culm sheath blades on nearly hairless shoots. Flowers in US prove it to be Bambusa. From Timor. | Gigantochloa atroviolacea 'Timor Black' | Sources | MORE |
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| 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. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' |
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. | Sources | MORE |
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| 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. | Sources | MORE |
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| 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. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa textilis 'Kanapaha' |
50.00 | 2.50 | 18 | 5 | Grows larger than normal B. textilis in Florida, with lower half of culms prominently blue & branchless. Very similar to ‘Mutabilis’. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa textilis 'Mutabilis' |
40.00 | 2.30 | 18 | 5 | Persistent blue-white bloom and long internodes. Previously misidentified as B. mutabilis and as B. textilis var. fusca. | Bambusa mutabilis | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa textilis var. gracilis |
30.00 | 1.30 | 18 | 5 | Culm more slender than the typical B. textilis, nodding top, graceful foliage. | Sources | MORE |
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| Otatea | Genus of American clumping bamboos with 3 known species. From central Mexico to Central America. | ||||||||
| Otatea acuminata 'Michoacan' |
15.00 | 1.00 | 28 | 5 | Coarser, with burgundy culm tips, darker culms, more persistant culms sheath and a stiffer look to the leaves. | 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 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 | MORE |
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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 | MORE |
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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 | MORE |
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| 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. | Sources | MORE |
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