| BAMBOOWEB.INFO |
| Company | Contact information | Description |
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| Hollow Bamboo 498 Keel Hollow Rd. New Hope, AL 35760 U.S.A. |
256-503-3826 Stewart or Deborah Horn |
Retail & Wholesale of plants and poles. No shipping of plants, only pickup or delivery. Many species available, including Black, Tonkin, Moso, Henon, Bory, Rubro, Aurea and Japanese Timber. Large poles up to 40 plus feet and up to 4.0 inch diameter. |
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| Indocalamus | Small, running bamboos from China with large, broad leaves; similar to Sasa but with non-prominent culm nodes. | ||||||||
| Indocalamus tessellatus |
Big Leaf | 7.00 | 0.50 | -10 | 4 | Usually less than 4 feet tall, it can reach 10ft and has the largest leaves of any bamboo in cultivation, up to 26 inches by 5 inches. Adapts easily to growing in pots. Does well in shade or sun. | 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 angusta |
STONE BAMBOO | 22.00 | 1.30 | -2 | 5 | Called Stone Bamboo because of the hard texture of its culms which in China are used to make fine bamboo furniture. | Sources | MORE |
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| 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 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 | 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 dulcis |
Sweetshoot bamboo | 40.00 | 3.20 | 0 | 5 | Arching culms. Named because its shoots are particularly free of any acrid taste. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys edulis 'Anderson' |
75.00 | 7.00 | -6 | 5 | From the grove at Anderson, SC. Hardy to -6 F. | Phyllostachys heterocycla pubescens 'Anderson | 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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| Phyllostachys nigra 'Bory' |
Snakeskin | 50.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | Differs from P. nigra by growing larger. Culms blotched with black, never completely black. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon' |
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. | 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 viridis |
47.00 | 3.30 | 0 | 5 | A large species, high quality wood, excellent shoots. Culms feel somewhat rough due to tiny indentations. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young' |
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. | 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 simonii |
MEDAKE | 20.00 | 1.50 | 5 | 4 | A medium size hardy bamboo that produces straight culms which are useful for many purposes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pseudosasa | Small to medium size running bamboos which usually have only one branch at a node. | ||||||||
| Pseudosasa amabilis |
TONKIN CANE, TEA STICK | 50.00 | 2.50 | 15 | 5 | The culms are straight, thick walled, non-prominent nodes, valued for its wood. Used for split bamboo fishing poles, decorative wood trim. Native to a very small area of China. | Arundinaria amabilis | Sources | MORE |
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| Pseudosasa japonica |
Arrow Bamboo | 18.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 3 | Erect culms with large broad leaves, up to a foot long by 1.5 inches wide. Less invasive than most other runners. It does well in tubs and pots. The culms were used in ancient japan to make arrows. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa | Running species, dwarf or up to 6 feet tall, with at most one branch per node. The leaves are usually large. | ||||||||
| Sasa veitchii |
KUMA-ZASA | 5.00 | 0.30 | 5 | 2 | In Winter dark green leaves have very broad white margins. This, along with large leaves on short plants gives a unique, striking appearance. | 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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| Shibataea | A genus with very dense, short, zig-zagged angular culms with 3-5 branches per node, often clipped into balls. | ||||||||
| Shibataea kumasaca |
7.00 | 0.30 | -5 | 3 | Short, broad leaves on slender, nearly solid culms with prominent nodes and short slightly zigzag internodes. Prefers acid soil, shows extensive leaf burn if in alkaline environment. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bamboo Removal |
| Poles |
| Walking, hiking sticks |
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