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I intend to import a few species of bamboo in the spring, and I want to know if anyone has any bamboos not in the US that needs to be imported and made available.

Here are the ones I have my sites on so far.

edulis nabeshimana (Tao Kiang)

edulis tuberformis

edulis okina

edulis bokrijk

edulis columbo

edulis holochrysa

edulis subconvexa

shanghai 4

fargesia albocerea "black"
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Steve - That albocera would be for Southern Oregon and northern California I'd guess. Think there will be a demand?

Will your bamboos have to go into quarantine for a year?

If you can land Fargesia demissa 'Gerry' go for some. I'd buy one if clean & not too exhorbitant.
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johnw wrote: If you can land Fargesia demissa 'Gerry' go for some. I'd buy one if clean & not too exhorbitant.
Isn't that variety already available in Canada?
http://www.bamboobotanicals.ca/html/bam ... gerry.html
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I would expect bamboos to be in quarantine for at least 1 year if not 2, but as long as they are safe and growing, that is all that matters eh. I would quarantine them myself for a while anyways even if it was a bamboo bought in the US.

It does look like that fargesia already exists in Canada, but it is pretty cool that it can take zone 4 which is pretty rare in the US.
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As suggested, any/all of these would be very useful here:

-demissa A has a loose growth and staining purple culms. Introduced by Kimmei.
Height 2 m.+ sun till shadow hardy between -20/-25°C

-demissa ‘Bernhard’(B) Compact growth with relatively large light green leaves and early, beautiful yellow autumn color. Promising Probably the smalles F. demissa form.
Height 1-2 m. half shadow till shadow hardy between -20/-25°C

-demissa C The leaves in the winter rolls quickly and gets some red in the spring. With very long branches ( young culms has 1 to 3 branches per ring in an angle of 45 ° upwards) Introduced by Kimmei.
Height 2 m.+ sun till shadow hardy between -20/-25°C

-demissa D The sun changes cane color into yellow-green. Loose growth. Introduced by Kimmei.
Height 2 m.+ sun till shadow hardy between -20/-25°C

-demissa E Loose growth. Introduced by Kimmei.
Height 1 till 2 m.+ sun till shadow hardy between -20/-25°C

-demissa F Long narrow leaves and thicker canes. Introduced by Kimmei.
Height 2 m.+ sun till shadow hardy between -20/-25°C

-demissa ’Gerry’(G) This is the Fargesia with the most character. Robust, relatively thick and spaced culms changing in the sun to deep purple (black). Promising. Introduced by Kimmei.
Height 2-3 m.+ sun till half shadow hardy between -20/-25°C



Plus:

-sp. Taibashan 1 (Max) Collected in Taibashan. Has small narrow leaves and an open habit. According to Demoly, these two bamboo species collected in Taibashan are F. qinlingensis. F. qinlingensis has flowered around 2000 in China so we think it is "New Generation".
Height 2-3 m. sun till shadow hardy between -20/-25°C

-sp. Taibashan 2 (Max) Collected in Taibashan. Is has broader leaves and is more colorful than No. 1. We think it is "New Generation".
Height 2-3 m. sun till shadow hardy between -20/-25°C


Plus:

OLYGOSTACHYUM oedogonatum Graceful plant with long narrow leaves.
Height 2-3 m. sun till shadow hardy between -18/-22°C


PLUS:

PHY-propinqua 'Langinosa' Introduced with the name Ph. propinqua "Hangzhou". Young culms are blue powdered. Introduced by Kimmei.
Height 6-8 m. sun till half shadow hardy between -18/-21°C

AND:
-sp. Kew (Hummel) In the botanical gardens of Kew this bamboo became a giant. Previously hosted by Phyll. vivax, Phyll. dulcis and later by Phyll. prominens. White new shoots.
Height 6-8 m.+ sun till half shadow hardy between -18/-21°C

Howz that for openers?
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-sp. Taibashan 2 (Max) Collected in Taibashan. Is has broader leaves and is more colorful than No. 1. We think it is "New Generation".
Height 2-3 m. sun till shadow hardy between -20/-25°C

Got this one.

Don't bother with Phyllostachys primotina as it flowered and produced good seed in Munich so the end is nigh.
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John, do you know if that is primontana proper? There are mostly wrong ID's on that one but Europe does have the real one so it could be. I'm container growing one so if it is likely to flower that would be good to know and not bother planting it out. When my Kwang went into full flower I went ahead and planted a new species on each side of it thinking the space was there, now it seems to have recovered and things will get quite congested so me donna want to repeat that mistake or a new similar one with the primontana!
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JD ive never seen that place before. Can you order from them?
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Steve - You might add these to your list.

Borinda sp. KR#5913
F. demissa "Gerry'
F. murieliae 'Jonny's Giant'
F. murieliae 'Fresena'
F. murieliae 'SASE 939'
F. dracocephala 'Rufa' 'Walkenswaard' - that 3m Rufa would be useful.

How long before these would be available for sale if you are successful? I was vaguely thinking of popping over to Kimmei in late February.
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canadianplant wrote:JD ive never seen that place before. Can you order from them?
Yes. From their website they currently do not ship but offer delivery to the greater Vancouver area.

This Fargesia demissa 'Gerry' seems a popular choice here. :)
needmore wrote: -demissa ’Gerry’(G) This is the Fargesia with the most character. Robust, relatively thick and spaced culms changing in the sun to deep purple (black). Promising. Introduced by Kimmei.
Height 2-3 m.+ sun till half shadow hardy between -20/-25°C
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I briefly had a demissa 'Gerry' but it died pretty quickly after that so that makes me want to try even more!
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Does anyone know where I can try to find some of these fargesias?

I know that they are really slow to size up, and most of them cannot take full sun, but I've also found them to be quite dependable and the easiest bamboo to propagate. It doesn't take a genius to turn a well established 1 gallon fargesia into a 30ft screen in 3-4 years.

I also need to get my quarantine greenhouse set up too just for more incoming bamboos.
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Steve, I believe that the nabeshimana is already here, at least it is listed on a vendors website anyway.
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Steve, wouldn't you expect your bicolor to eventually show nabeshimana mutations?

As much as I love the looks of nabeshimana the cost has put me off so far.

Newfi Bamboo apparently was able to source an edulis variety similar to nabeshimana ( called 'Songming').
Now this could simply be the same strain sold as something different but we might be lucky and have something new.

By the way do you have bambusoides 'mixta' in the US?
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stevelau1911 wrote:It doesn't take a genius to turn a well established 1 gallon fargesia into a 30ft screen in 3-4 years.
It will if you mean 30 ft high! :wink:
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