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| Acidosasa | A genus of bamboos native to south coastal China; shoots are sour. | ||||||||
| Acidosasa chienouensis |
15.00 | 0.75 | U | U | Sources |  MORE |
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| Runner | |||||||||
| Acidosasa edulis |
40.00 | 2.00 | U | 5 | Culms green, glabrous. Sheath turns from green to brown. Shoots said to be delicious. | Sources | MORE |
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| Runner | |||||||||
| Acidosasa notata |
20.00 | 0.75 | U | U | New introduction from China. The shoots are sweet, and the culms are commonly used to make containers and tools. | Sources | MORE |
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| Runner | |||||||||
| Ampelocalamus | Tender clumping bamboos of pendulous or scrambling habit, with ribbed culms and large culm sheath blades, from China to Nepal. | ||||||||
| Ampelocalamus scandens |
30.00 | 0.30 | 23 | 3 | Very prominent leaf sheath bristles and corky swollen nodes. Many subequal branches, central branch may be as large as culm. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| 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 appalachiana |
Hill Cane | 6.00 | U | U | U | Recently described new. Deciduous | Sources | MORE |
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| Runner | |||||||||
| Arundinaria funghomii |
30.00 | 1.10 | 0 | 4 | Chinese. New culms covered with a gray bloom. Handsome, only grows about 4 ft tall in cold climates. May be Pseudosasa cantori. | Sources | MORE |
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| Runner | |||||||||
| Arundinaria gigantea |
RIVER CANE | 20.00 | 1.00 | -10 | 5 | Native to the U.S. Once grew from Georgia and Texas to Maryland and Ohio. | Sources | MORE |
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| Arundinaria gigantea 'Macon' |
MACON RIVERCANE | 20.00 | 1.00 | -22 | 5 | More upright and hardier than the species; reported to stay evergreen with little leaf burn. | Sources | MORE |
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| Runner | |||||||||
| 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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| Runner | |||||||||
| 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 arnhemica |
25.00 | 4.00 | 32 | 5 | From Northern Territory, Australia, along water courses. Dense clumps, thick culms, short internodes, low branches. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa balcooa |
60.00 | 6.00 | 25 | 5 | From India. Tangled clumps make harvest difficult. Strong, used for construction, crafts, shoots. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa bambos |
GIANT THORNY | 100.00 | 7.00 | 30 | 5 | Fast growing, thick-walled, soft. Lower branches are long, wiry and armed with thorns. Edible shoots. Used for paper in India. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa basihirsuta |
40.00 | 3.00 | 28 | 5 | Erect tight clumps. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa beecheyana |
BEECHEY BAMBOO | 50.00 | 5.00 | 21 | 5 | Culms with short internodes generally arch strongly and are covered with white powder when young. Big thick-walled culms; edible shoots in much demand. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa beecheyana var pubescens |
50.00 | 5.00 | 21 | 5 | More erect, thicker nodal hair, branching lower, no virus | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa blumeana |
60.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | A tall thorny bamboo from India and Indonesia where used for building material, baskets and edible shoots. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa boniopsis |
15.00 | 1.00 | 28 | 5 | A small green bamboo from Hainan; a recent import. Narrow leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa boniopsis ‘Yellowstripe’ |
12.00 | 1.00 | 28 | 5 | Thin yellow pinstripes on the lower culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa burmanica |
50.00 | 4.00 | 32 | 5 | Strong, nearly solid culms. Leaves up to 12 by 2 inches. Dense clumps, shrubby, lower branches spiny. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa cerosissima |
15.00 | 1.00 | 18 | 5 | Similar to Bambusa textilis var. gracilis in size, with more culm wax on new shoots. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| 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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| Clumper | |||||||||
| 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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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa contracta |
20.00 | 1.50 | 25 | 5 | Like a small B.textilis with thicker, shorter internodes | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa cornigera |
35.00 | 3.00 | U | U | Culms zigzag, and internodes are slightly curved. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa dissimulator |
50.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | A giant tropical, produces many thick walled, arching or erect, tough culms with long branches. | Bambusa dissemulator | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa dissimulator 'Albinodia' |
50.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | Similar to the species, but with pronounced white rings above and below the nodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa distegia |
30.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | A bamboo from Sichuan, China that has green internodes with a slightly bending top but not drooping. It is said to tolerate light frosts. Description from www.bambooplantation.com | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa dolichoclada |
Long-Branch Bamboo | 65.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | B. dolichoclada 'Hayata' | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa dolichoclada 'Stripe' |
65.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | A beautiful giant from Taiwan. The culms are a waxy yellow with dark green stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Green stripe' |
35.00 | 2.00 | 25 | 5 | This cultivar has yellow-green culms striped with dark green. Introduced in 1980 from Taiwan. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Silverstripe' |
35.00 | 2.00 | 25 | 5 | This cultivar has culms striped with silver. Introduced in 1980 from Taiwan. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa emeiensis |
35.00 | 2.50 | 24 | U | reversion from Bambusa emeiensis 'Viridiflavus' without yellow stripes | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa emeiensis 'Chrysotrichus' |
35.00 | 2.50 | 24 | U | B. emeiensis was known as Neosinocalamus affinis. When moved to Bambusa it needed a new name to avoid confusion with Bambusa affinis, a different species. 'Chrysotrichus' has light yellow culms with dark green lines. | Neosinocalamus affinis | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa emeiensis 'Flavidovirens' |
35.00 | 2.50 | 24 | U | Green stripes on pale green or yellow/gold culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa emeiensis 'Viridiflavus' |
35.00 | 2.50 | 24 | U | Culms erect with yellow stripes alternating 180° on each internode. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa eutuldoides |
45.00 | 2.00 | 21 | 5 | Straight, erect, thick-walled culms; some with fine white stripes. Grown in Hong Kong area. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa eutuldoides 'Viridivittata' |
25.00 | 1.00 | 21 | 5 | Yellow culms with varying dark green stripes. New shoots have pink and peach tones. Low branching. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa flexosa |
U | U | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa fulda |
U | U | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa gibba |
25.00 | 2.00 | 32 | 5 | Side branches often have soft spines. It is used as a fence; oil is extracted from the culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa glaucophylla |
MALAY DWARF | 15.00 | 1.00 | 30 | 5 | Dense, erect, bushy, variegated. Used as an ornamental hedge, easy to prune to desired shape. Previously sold as Bambusa variegata. | Bambusa variegata (hort.) | Sources | MORE |
| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa guangxiensis |
Chinese Hedge | 18.00 | 1.50 | 30 | 5 | Compact with lush foliage to base, excellent trimmed to a dense hedge. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa intermedia |
40.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | Dark green with purple stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| 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 lapidea |
HORSEHOOF BAMBOO | 35.00 | 3.50 | 28 | 5 | Thick walled culms; slightly swollen and almost solid at the base. From Hainan, China. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa longispiculata |
50.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | Culm green, with light green stripes near the base and rings at nodes. Open clumps, straight culms, thin walls, long internodes. Many plants sold under this name may have been Bambusa tulda ‘Striata’. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa maculata |
PRING TUTUL | U | U | 28 | 5 | From Bali; local name pring tutul. Splotchy canes when mature. Used for making furniture. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa malingensis |
35.00 | 2.50 | 21 | 5 | An attractive medium-size tropical, produces many culms each year, taller under trees. Reportedly tolerates wind well. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| 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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| Clumper | |||||||||
| 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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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Fernleaf Stripestem' |
FERNLEAF STRIPESTEM | 12.00 | 0.50 | 18 | 5 | Similar to ‘Fernleaf’ except that the culms are reddish or yellowish and striped with green. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Fernleaf' |
FERNLEAF BAMBOO | 20.00 | 0.50 | 18 | 5 | Usually small in size with 10 to 20 closely spaced, two ranked leaves. Often culms come up that have reverted to the larger leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Golden Goddess' |
10.00 | 0.50 | 18 | 5 | A dwarf form similar to 'Fernleaf' but with larger leaves. The culms tend to be yellowish. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Goldstripe' |
25.00 | 1.50 | 18 | 5 | Mature green culms have a gold stripe that bleeds into the green. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Lucky Silverstripe' |
25.00 | 1.25 | 18 | 5 | New leaves have white stripes and the culms have thin silver stripes. The cultivar has twisted and curved culms reminiscent of “Lucky Bamboo”. Some of the culms twist up to 90 degrees between nodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Midori Green' |
GREEN ALPHONSE | 15.00 | 1.50 | 18 | 5 | Similar to 'Alphonse Karr', but the culms and branches are light green with dark green stripes. | Bambusa multiplex 'Green Alphonse' | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa multiplex 'Riviereorum' |
CHINESE GODDESS | 6.00 | 0.30 | 18 | 5 | Has solid culms and tiny leaves; similar to 'Fernleaf' but smaller, more delicate looking. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Silverstripe' |
25.00 | 1.50 | 18 | 5 | Many leaves have white stripes and some culms are also striped with white. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Tiny Fern Striped' |
3.00 | 0.20 | 18 | 5 | Same as Tiny Fern, but with striped culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Tiny Fern' |
3.00 | 0.20 | 18 | 5 | A dwarf form with leaves often less than 1" long, but can grow larger. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa multiplex 'Willowy' |
WANG TSAI | 10.00 | 0.50 | 18 | 5 | Culms droop or arch strongly with small, narrow leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa nutans |
40.00 | 3.00 | 28 | 5 | From Thailand. Nutans means "nodding," which it does. The culms have a white ring below the nodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa odashimae |
65.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | Ex Taiwan, large dark green leaves, edible shoots. Called B. edulis before, which is a synonym of Phyllostachys edulis. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa odashimae X B. tuldoides |
U | U | 23 | U | Erect with long internodes. Previously B. edulis X tuldoides | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| 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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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa oliveriana |
45.00 | 2.00 | 32 | 4 | Densely clumping with thick-walled, glossy green culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa pachinensis |
33.00 | 2.40 | 25 | 5 | Medium size with yellowish culms, it resembles B. textilis. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa pervariabilis |
33.00 | 2.40 | 32 | 5 | Erect, thick walled. Lower internodes have branches and yellow stripes on culm and sheaths. Used to make farm tools, punting poles in China. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus' |
33.00 | 2.40 | 25 | 5 | Recently introduced from China. Similar to the species but much more highly coloured. New shoots are yellow with green stripes maturing to yellow/gold with varying dark green stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa rigida |
40.00 | 2.30 | 32 | 5 | Erect. Internodes long. Sheaths persistent. Many branches at nodes. Leaves oblong, 3-9”, dark green. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa rutila |
40.00 | 2.00 | 28 | 5 | Thick walls, swollen nodes, lower part of culm zigzag. Ring of whitish hair below nodes. Leaves narrow. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa sinospinosa |
CHINESE THORNY | 70.00 | 5.00 | 20 | 5 | A thorny bamboo with rather small leaves, and interlaced low thorny branches, impenetrable hedge. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa sp 'Hirose' |
55.00 | 5.00 | 21 | 5 | Tightly clumping, upright, to 50-60ft, 4-6ins, poorly known, possibly B. oldhamii. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa sp. 'Clone X' |
75.00 | 2.80 | 21 | 5 | A vigorous bamboo with extremely thick walls, ivory nodal bands, whitish bloom. Identification uncertain. | Bambusa tuldoides 'Clone X' | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa sp. 'Nana' |
25.00 | 2.50 | 28 | 5 | A medium-sized timber bamboo from Thailand. Straight, strong. Some yellow stripes. Note B. nana is a synonym of B. multiplex. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa sp. 'Polymorpha' |
65.00 | 6.00 | 32 | 5 | Green culms densely covered with grayish white silky hair; branches short, slender, and dense. ID uncertain. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa sp. 'Richard Waldron' |
10.00 | 0.50 | 20 | 5 | Compact erect small bamboo similar to B. multiplex, identity and origins uncertain. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa stenostachya |
70.00 | 6.00 | 28 | 5 | Basal internodes almost solid. Thorny. Culm sheaths persistent. Useful in building. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa suberecta |
"Jesse Durko Bamboo" | 25.00 | 1.00 | 25 | U | A beautiful, relatively small-growing ornamental bamboo that has both variegated leaves and striated culms. | 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 'Dwarf' |
18.00 | 1.25 | 18 | 5 | Shorter, less erect. "This one is from a Bambusa textilis seedling that Roy Works sold to Rockledge Gardens in Florida and they have been selling it for a good number of years as a dwarf version of textilis and it has remained about half size of a regular textilis." | 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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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa textilis 'Maculata' |
25.00 | 1.00 | 18 | 5 | Culms and base of new culm sheaths have purple streaks. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| 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 'Scranton' |
30.00 | 2.00 | 18 | 5 | A more open clumper with shorter branches. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa textilis var. albostriata |
40.00 | 2.00 | 18 | 5 | Same as species except culms are white striped. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa textilis var. glabra |
30.00 | 1.00 | 18 | 5 | Slender, as var. gracilis, but with glabrous culms and culm sheaths. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| 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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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa tulda |
70.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | The large, straight, thick walled culms make this one of the most useful tropical bamboos. Frequently solid near the base. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Bambusa tulda 'Striata' |
70.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | Like the species, the culms are striped near the base, but more prominently. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa tuldoides |
PUNTING POLE | 55.00 | 2.30 | 21 | 5 | Somewhat similar to B. tulda but not as large and more hardy. It produces a large number of thick walled culms growing in a tight clump. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa tuldoides ‘Swollen Internode’ |
18.00 | 2.50 | 15 | 5 | Buddha’s Belly bamboo like B. ventricosa but with more reliable bellying and asymmetrical culm sheaths. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa variostriata |
35.00 | 3.00 | 28 | 5 | New shoots covered with bloom, culm has white stripes, useful and edible. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa ventricosa |
BUDDHA'S BELLY | 55.00 | 2.30 | 21 | 5 | It becomes a dwarf with swollen internodes when grown in pots under dry conditions. In the ground it reverts to a giant with zigzag culms and branches. | Bambusa tuldoides 'ventricosa' | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa ventricosa 'Golden Buddha' |
U | U | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa ventricosa 'Kimmei' |
55.00 | 2.30 | 21 | 5 | As the species, but with yellow culms striped with green. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa vulgaris |
COMMON BAMBOO | 50.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | Common throughout the tropical world. Open clump, culms spaced a foot or two apart. Culm cuttings root very easily. Used for banana props. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa vulgaris 'Vittata' |
PAINTED BAMBOO | 50.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | Similar to the species, golden yellow culms with green vertical stripes that look like drip marks. A very popular ornamental. Potted culm cuttings do not always survive. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin Striata' |
16.00 | 3.00 | 30 | 5 | Dwarf with short and swollen lower internodes, light green culms striped with dark green. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin' |
16.00 | 3.00 | 30 | 5 | A dwarf form with short and swollen lower green internodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Bashania | Genus of medium size Chinese running bamboos. | ||||||||
| Bashania fargesii |
20.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 4 | Native to the mountains of China. Leaves up to a foot long. | Sources | MORE |
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| Runner | |||||||||
| Bashania qingchengshanensis |
10.00 | 0.90 | 3 | 4 | Hardier and smaller than B. fargesii "Vary vigorous." | Sources | MORE |
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| Bergbambos | A genus of one species from southern Africa, inflorescences similar to Thamnocalamus and branching as Fargesia | ||||||||
| Bergbambos tessellata |
BERGBAMBOES | 16.00 | 0.80 | 0 | 4 | Bergbamboes' of S. Africa. Clumps tight to loose, sun-tolerant, leaves randomly arranged, leaf sheaths persistent. | Thamnocalamus tessellatus | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda | Clump-forming mountain bamboos from Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan, & Sichuan, with different flowers to Fargesia and shorter rhizomes than Yushania. Culms usually blue at first, usually with very fine grooves.. | ||||||||
| Borinda KR 5288 |
12.00 | 0.75 | 15 | U | Very weepy habit | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda albocerea |
20.00 | 1.00 | 15 | 3 | 4 clones introduced, Yunnan 1/95; 2/95; 3a/95; 3b/95. | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda angustissima |
18.00 | 0.80 | 10 | 3 | From Sichuan. Arching culms with white powder and purple sheaths at first, and narrow leaves. Was listed as Fargesia. | Fargesia angustissima | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda contracta |
15.00 | 0.80 | 15 | 3 | From Yunnan. Bushy with many culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda frigidorum |
12.00 | 0.70 | 5 | 3 | Small culms. Very tough persistent culm sheaths become red. Leaves small, mostly deciduous. Shoots in August. | Fargesia frigida | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda fungosa |
20.00 | 1.00 | 20 | 3 | Yunnan, from 6,000 to 9,000 feet. Shoots sweet, culms used for weaving. | Fargesia fungosa | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda fungosa 'White Cloud' |
15.00 | 1.00 | 20 | U | A little smaller and more tender than the species. The leaves have an akebono look with a little white striping | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda grossa |
26.00 | 1.00 | -4 | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda lushuiensis |
25.00 | 1.50 | 20 | 3 | Yunnan 4/95. | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda macclureana |
15.00 | 1.00 | 15 | 3 | Purple branches, it's leaves are pubescent on the lower surface making it one of the bamboos very resistant to bamboo mites. | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda nujiangensis |
20.00 | 1.50 | 15 | 3 | aka Yunnan 3c/95. Previously misidentified as Fargesia yulongshanensis. Thick culm walls like B. papyrifera, but with smaller, darker, narrower leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda papyrifera |
25.00 | 2.00 | 15 | 3 | New culms are powdery blue-white aging to yellow, with prominent fine vertical grooves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda perlonga |
20.00 | 1.50 | 15 | 3 | Yunnan 6/95 (Lushui Co.). Very long culm sheaths with some hairs. Dense, light green, broad leaves, blue culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda sp. 'Muliensis' |
6.00 | 0.30 | 10 | 3 | From Sichuan (Muli Co.). Broad, deciduous leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Borinda yulongshanensis |
16.00 | 0.75 | 0 | 3 | Sources | MORE |
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| Brachystachyum | Genus similar to Semiarundinaria having one species, one variety. | ||||||||
| Brachystachyum densiflorum |
20.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 3 | Young culms hairy; leaves up to 7 inches long and an inch wide. Used for fishing rods and crafts. May be misidentified. | Sources | MORE |
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| Brachystachyum densiflorum var. villosum |
20.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 3 | As above but base of culm sheaths densely hairy. | Sources | MORE |
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| Cephalostachyum | Tall, shrubby or climbing bamboos with generally slender, stiff and thin-walled culms. From India, China, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia. | ||||||||
| Cephalostachyum pergracile |
30.00 | 2.00 | 32 | 5 | Culms are straight and erect, covered with white bristly hairs. Used as a flavor-adding vessel for cooking rice. | Sources | MORE |
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| Cephalostachyum virgatum |
50.00 | 4.00 | U | 5 | Thin walled, drooping. Manifold branching. Some plants introduced may actually be a B. multiplex. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa | Medium size running bamboos, often with raised, sometimes thorny nodes, or quadrangular culms, initiating new shoots in the fall or winter, or early spring hence "Winter bamboos". | ||||||||
| Chimonobambusa macrophylla 'Intermedia' |
10.00 | 0.50 | U | U | The only other Chimonobambusa species with prominently swollen nodes, but much smaller with larger leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa makuanensis |
20.00 | 1.00 | 20 | U | New Introduction From China. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa marmorea |
MARBLED BAMBOO | 6.00 | 0.50 | 15 | 3 | New shoots and culm leaves are marbled with cream and purple. The almost solid culms turn dark purple. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa marmorea 'Variegata' |
6.00 | 0.50 | 16 | 3 | Same, except the leaves have narrow white stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa pachystachys |
Thorny Bamboo | 20.00 | 1.00 | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa quadrangularis |
SQUARE BAMBOO | 25.00 | 1.50 | 15 | 4 | Prominent nodes. Culms are square in cross section with rounded corners, especially on large mature plants. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa quadrangularis 'Joseph de Jussieu' |
25.00 | 1.50 | 15 | 4 | Also known as 'Nagamineus'. Yellow culms with green sulcus & few green stripes, with some white leaf stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa quadrangularis 'Suow' |
25.00 | 0.50 | 15 | 4 | Culms are yellow with a few green stripes of varying width. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa quadrangularis 'Yellow Groove' |
25.00 | 1.50 | 15 | 4 | Like the species, but with a yellow sulcus. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa szechuanensis |
19.00 | 1.00 | 10 | 4 | Round culms, sheaths and leaves all with tendency to strong red-purple coloration. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda |
Walking stick | 20.00 | 1.30 | 10 | 4 | A rare Chinese bamboo noted for its inflated culm nodes. Used for walking sticks in Sichuan, and highly prized for dried shoots. | Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonobambusa yunnanensis |
Black Bamboo | 32.00 | 1.00 | -4 | U | Black Bamboo with square internodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chimonocalamus | A group of medium-sized clumping bamboos from Yunnan, China with culms bearing thorny basal nodes. Similar to Chimonobambusa but clumping and less hardy, from 1400 to only only 2000 meters in subtropical mountainous regions. Shoots are very good eating. | ||||||||
| Chimonocalamus pallens |
26.00 | 1.20 | U | 3 | Erect culms, woody with root thorns at internode. Culm sheaths have green and purple striping. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea | A genus of C & S American bamboos that contains 134 described species, and possibly another 70 yet to be described. They are mostly clumping mountain bamboos, but some are runners. The solid culms usually bear one dominant branch and numerous branchlets. | ||||||||
| Chusquea andina |
12.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 4 | Found at the treeline, the highest altitude species in Chusquea. Small spiky blue leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea andina 'Blue Andes' |
12.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | Small spiky blue leaves are unusual in bamboo. This species from the treeline of the Chilean Andes may be one of the hardiest of South American Bamboos. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea bilimekii |
18.00 | 1.00 | 10 | 3 | Description from www.bamboodirect.com Burgandy colored culms grace the upright form of this rare species collected from seed in the 1999 Mexican expedition. It grows at 9000' in the pine forest of the Sierra Occidental. The leaves are longer and narrower that C. culeou species. Hardiness is not known. The best guess is 10 F. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea circinata |
22.00 | 1.00 | 25 | 4 | Dark arching culms, whorls of small leaves, comes from central and southern Mexico. Clumping. previously misidentified as Arthrostylidium. | Arthrostylidium sp. (hort.) | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea circinata 'Chiapas' |
U | U | 28 | U | Previously misidentified as Arthrostylidium. Broader leaves and yellower shoots. From lower altitude and not so hardy. | Arthrostylidium sp. (hort.) | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea coronalis |
23.00 | 0.80 | 30 | 4 | A clumping bamboo with numerous tiny leaves on branchlets that completely encircle the culms. Possibly the most beautiful bamboo in cultivation. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea culeou |
15.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | Hardy clumper, from southern Chile, long cultivated in Europe. Has many branches per node, all equal size. Many different clones available of varying hardiness and form. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea culeou 'Argentina' |
15.00 | 1.25 | 0 | 4 | These seedlings are longer branched than their Chilean cousins. Sometimes identified as Chusquea argentina. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea culeou 'Caña Prieta' |
15.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 5 | Darker culms, becoming red-brown or nearly black. Previously misidentified as C. nigricans. | Chusquea nigricans | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea culeou 'Hillier's Form' |
9.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 4 | Stubby branches and compact leaves are combine with smaller stature. Considered to be a seedling variation of C. culeou. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea culeou 'Llaima' |
U | U | 0 | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea cumingii |
10.00 | 0.80 | 10 | 5 | Native to semiarid central Chile. Coastal range on exposed slopes. Sometimes clambering. Numerous tiny stiff, very sharp leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea delicatula |
12.00 | 0.25 | 30 | U | Scrambling small-leaved tender species from Peru. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea foliosa |
20.00 | 1.50 | 24 | 3 | Long thin drooping leaves, golden culms with green nodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea galeottiana |
20.00 | 0.80 | 28 | 3 | A tropical climbing/arching bamboo from cloud forests in southern Mexico. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea gigantea |
25.00 | 1.50 | 0 | 5 | Shoots red, culms light and dark green. Closely allied to C. culeou. Many branches per node, one to three thicker and very long. An “open clumper.” Has been sold as C. breviglumis. | Chusquea breviglumis | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea glauca |
10.00 | 0.50 | 20 | 3 | Probably the largest-leaved Chuquea. Vining habit but stays upright without support. Seeds came from plants collected in Mexico at 6000' elevation. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea liebmannii |
33.00 | 1.00 | 32 | 4 | Mexico to Costa Rica. Culms are strongly arching, sometimes clambering. Spine-like roots on the nodes, takes drier conditions than most bamboos. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea macrostachya |
15.00 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | Native to southern Chile where it grows at elevations up to 3,000 feet. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea mimosa ssp. Australis |
15.00 | 1.00 | 20 | 3 | From southern Brazil. Small leaves, on stiff burgundy-red culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea montana |
6.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 3 | From the southern forests of Chile. A small clumping sub-alpine species. Swollen nodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea muelleri |
6.00 | 0.20 | 32 | 2 | From eastern Mexico. Culms delicate and trailing, 2-6 branches per node. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea pittieri |
25.00 | 2.00 | 24 | 5 | The culms grow up, then arch over and hang down or climb on trees. Thorny nodes, especially near base. One of the largest of the genus. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea simpliciflora |
50.00 | 0.40 | 32 | 3 | A vining species that clambers over trees and other plants. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea sp. 'Chiconquiaco' |
10.00 | 0.50 | 20 | 3 | From cloud forest of Veracrauz Mexico. This small-leaved vining species is an unusual Chusquea with a spreading habit. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea sp. 'Las Vigas' |
8.00 | 0.50 | 20 | 3 | Large leaves and very pretty rosy-red new shoots and arching culms. It has a fairly vigorous spreading and clambering habit. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea subtilis |
20.00 | 1.00 | 24 | 3 | Closely resembles C. foliosa. Very fine leaves, from high elevation in Costa Rica. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea sulcata |
15.00 | 0.80 | 32 | 4 | A clumper. Culms erect, become golden yellow with age and light. Fine leaves, many branches per node. Southern Mexico to Costa Rica. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea tomentosa |
25.00 | 1.50 | 24 | 3 | A large, tall, vining plant with very long dark green leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea uliginosa |
15.00 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | Native to southern Chile. Grows at the edge of seasonally inundated wetlands. | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea valdiviensis |
25.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 4 | A climbing bamboo from southern Chile, formerly sold as C. quila. Self-supporting culms reach 25 ft, but culms can scramble on to 40 ft on tree branches. Climbs to reach the light. | Chusquea quila | Sources | MORE |
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| Chusquea virgata |
25.00 | 0.80 | U | U | From Costa Rica. Culms mottled with purple, erect at the base and arching, nodes swollen. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus | Giant tropical clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa, often with bigger branches and leaves, and hairier culms. | ||||||||
| Dendrocalamus asper |
100.00 | 8.00 | 32 | 5 | An impressive ornamental growing rapidly under favorable conditions. Shoots are large, of the highest quality for food. Thai and Indonesia clones differ. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus asper 'Betung Hitam' |
100.00 | 8.00 | 32 | 5 | A black cultivar of D. asper. Rare. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus brandisii |
100.00 | 8.00 | 32 | 5 | Thick walled culms; similar to D. giganteus. Shoots of high quality, edible raw. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus brandisii 'Black' |
40.00 | 8.00 | 25 | 5 | A very attractive, fast growing black bamboo. Live culms are black but dry to a dark brown color, very valuable for furniture etc. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus brandisii (variegated) |
100.00 | 12.00 | 32 | 5 | Like the species but with variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus calostachyus |
70.00 | 5.00 | 25 | 5 | This may be a misidentification of a cultivar of D. strictus. Used for construction. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus copelandii |
80.00 | 8.00 | 25 | 5 | Similar to D. giganteus but with much denser culm wax and more persistent culm sheaths with darker hairs. Eye-catching appearance and edible shoots | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus giganteus |
100.00 | 12.00 | 25 | 5 | From Burma, perhaps the largest bamboo in the world. Leaves can be up to 20 inches long and 4 inches wide. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus giganteus (Quail Clone) |
100.00 | 12.00 | 25 | 5 | Propagated from the large specimen at Quail Botanical Gardens in California. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus giganteus (variegated) |
U | U | 25 | U | Variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus grandis |
60.00 | 4.00 | 27 | U | Medium green culms with silky texture. Leaves feel almost plastic and are slightly glossy. A large timber bamboo that produces highly ornamental, edible shoots. (description from tropicalbamboo.com) | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus hamiltonii |
80.00 | 7.00 | 27 | 5 | Native from the Himalayas to Laos, with pendulous pruinose culms, leaves up to 15 inches long. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus jianshuiensis |
55.00 | 5.00 | 25 | 5 | Similar to D. hamiltonii, but from China, with fimbriate culm sheath ligule. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus jianshuiensis (variegated) |
55.00 | 5.00 | U | 5 | As above but with variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus latiflorus |
65.00 | 8.00 | 25 | 5 | From southern China. The large, dark green leaves are 10 to 16 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus latiflorus 'Mei-nung' |
65.00 | 8.00 | 25 | 5 | Similar, but with light green culms striped with dark green. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus membranaceus |
70.00 | 4.00 | 28 | 5 | A strong growing bamboo with very straight culms forming loose clumps. Looks like Bambusa but DNA now suggesting Dendrocalamus was the correct genus. | Bambusa membranacea | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus minor |
25.00 | 2.00 | U | 5 | Culm top bending and drooping. Culm annulus and sheath annulus near the culm base have a yellowish brown ring. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus minor 'Amoenus' |
56.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | Culms pale yellow with green stripes, smaller than the species. Dimentions listed is for tropical areas was listed as 25 ft by 2.0 in | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus sikkimensis |
65.00 | 8.00 | 35 | 5 | Large culms become brownish red. Culm sheaths densely velvety with large auricles. Used for containers and water buckets. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus sinicus |
120.00 | 12.00 | 27 | 5 | Largest bamboo species in China. Culm heavily pruinose with drooping tip, some basal internodes short and asymetrical, & ring of yellowish brown silky hair on nodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus sinicus ‘Aequatus’ |
120.00 | 12.00 | 27 | 5 | Better culm shape, nodes are more level and internodes are straighter | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus sp. 'Maroochy' |
33.00 | 8.00 | 25 | 5 | Beautiful impressive arching new bamboo with yellow striated culms. Useful as a main feature in a garden. It may be a Gigantochloa. | D. brandisii 'Straita' | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus sp. 'Parker's Giant' |
80.00 | 12.00 | U | 5 | BIG! An unidentified, giant, timber bamboo. Discovered by Jim Parker in Hawaii. Massive, thick culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus strictus |
MALE BAMBOO | 60.00 | 5.00 | 30 | 5 | Common bamboo of India, used mainly for pulp. Culms not very straight, often small and usually solid. Flowers frequently. Most internet seed is from this, marketed as anything pretty. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus validus |
45.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | Errect culms with slightly convex internodes. | Bambusa valida | Sources | MORE |
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| Dendrocalamus yunnanicus |
80.00 | 7.00 | U | 5 | From southeast Yunnan and from Vietnam. Pale green. Used for shoots, construction, pipes, rafts. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dinochloa | High-climbing clumping bamboos native from Burma to the Philippines, with solid culms that twine around trees and other plants for support. Large fleshy fruits, from the size of a pea to a golf ball. | ||||||||
| Dinochloa malayana |
30.00 | 0.50 | 28 | 3 | From Malaysia and Thailand. Leaves large and shiny. Rough culms and internodes, and hairy culm sheaths. | Sources | MORE |
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| Dinochloa scandens |
30.00 | 0.50 | 28 | 3 | Has black culms, usually solid, and large ovate leaves. Plants in the U.S. may be D. malayana. | Sources | MORE |
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| Drepanostachyum | Small to medium size clumping, bamboos, elegant leaves. Smaller than Himalayacalamus Culm sheaths hairy inside at top. Branches many and all equal, while Himalayacalamus species also have a dominant central branch. | ||||||||
| Drepanostachyum falcatum var. sengteeanum |
30.00 | 1.10 | 20 | 3 | Bright green culms, small, papery thin leaves. Hardiest Drepanostachyum. Was sold in the US as D. falconeri. | D.falconeri, A. falconeri, H. falconeri var glomeratum | Sources | MORE |
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| Drepanostachyum fractiflexum |
Broom Bamboo | 10.00 | 0.50 | U | U | Has narrow leaves and a slight zigzag to the culms; the canes are used for weaving. The culm blades curl back around the canes. A food source for the giant panda. Thought to be the evergreen form of B. fridgidorum (Demoly) Description from www.bamboogarden.com | Fargesia fractiflexa | Sources | MORE |
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| Drepanostachyum khasianum |
12.00 | 0.50 | 28 | 3 | The new culms are dark green covered with white powder which gives them a bluish look. Several species have been grown under this name. Identity of the US clone is uncertain. | Sources | MORE |
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| Drepanostachyum microphyllum |
U | U | U | U | A form with very small, tender and bright green leaves. Up to 70 branches per Node. | Sources | MORE |
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| Eremitis | A peculiar group of herbaceous bamboos, native to the coast of southern Brazil. Oddly, some of their flower spikes are borne underground. | ||||||||
| Eremitis species |
3.00 | U | U | U | There are about 5 species, of which only one has been formally described and named. | 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 Sp. 'Tabashan II' |
12.00 | 0.75 | -10 | U | A Fargesia with purple new culms; has a similar appearance to F. nitida, but with a more upright growth habit. Leaves are also broader. Strong cold hardiness and great color. Description from www.Bamboogarden.com | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia adpressa |
18.00 | 1.30 | 10 | 3 | From Sichuan; similar to F. robusta. This plant has been sold as Fargesia sp. A-4. Open clumps of purplish-green culms. Some of the plants may be F. murieliae. | Fargesia sp "A-4", or F. murieliae | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia apicirubens |
RED-TIPPED BAMBOO | 16.00 | 0.80 | -5 | 3 | Native to China at elevations over 6,000 feet. A new species previously misidentified as F. dracocephala. | Fargesia dracocephala | Sources | MORE |
| Clumper | |||||||||
| Fargesia apicirubens 'White Dragon' |
8.00 | 0.50 | -5 | 3 | Selected seedling with Akebono style white variegation on spring leaves. | Fargesia dracocephala 'White Dragon' | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia communis |
24.00 | 1.00 | U | U | Culm sheaths persistent, red-brown, narrowly triangular, much longer than internodes. | Yunnan 6 | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia denudata |
16.00 | 0.50 | 3 | 3 | From Sichuan. Similar to F. murieliae, but leaves are smaller and more delicate. Culms branch out after the first winter. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia denudata 'Xian 1' |
11.00 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | Fine, small foliage and an attractive, very arching habit. The slim new culms erupt vertically from the centre and turn yellow in the sun. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia denudata 'Xian 2' |
14.00 | 0.50 | -10 | 3 | Similar shape and form to regular F. denudata and F. murielae but with longer branches that are burgundy to cherry red. Foliage tends to be more diffuse than regular F. denudata. Culms are olive green. | Sources | MORE |
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| 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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| Fargesia gaolinensis |
U | U | 15 | U | New introduction from China | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Fargesia murielae 'Bimbo' |
5.00 | 0.25 | -15 | 3 | Short form, final height between 1 and 1.5 meters tall. | Sources | MORE |
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| Clumper | |||||||||
| Fargesia murielae 'Harewood' |
10.00 | U | -15 | 3 | Leaves are dark green, the stem sheaths are reddish colored. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia murielae 'Jonny's Giant' |
13.00 | U | -15 | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia murielae 'Jumbo' |
10.00 | U | -13 | U | Centralgreen to gold-green, thinly, upright, within the upper range easily over-hanging | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia murielae 'Simba' |
6.50 | 0.40 | -15 | 3 | pea-green culms | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia murieliae |
UMBRELLA BAMBOO | 15.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | Similar to F. nitida but with green culms. May be the hardiest bamboo in the U.S. Grows at above 10,000 feet in China, important panda food. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia murieliae 'SABE 939' |
15.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | A different introduction, brought in by the Sino-American Botanical Expedition of 1980. It also flowered, and has been identified as F. murieliae. Seedlings will have new cultivar names. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia murieliae 'Vampire' |
12.00 | 0.50 | -13 | 4 | Upright with extremely attractive red stems and small dark green leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida |
FOUNTAIN BAMBOO | 12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | Upright culms with thick grey deciduous wax when young, may become nearly black. Sheaths orange-ribbed. First introduced as seed in 1889, from which many cultivars named. Those plants currently starting a protracted flowering phase and probably all about | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'Anceps' |
12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | Old generation. The leaves are smaller and narrower than 'McClure' and 'Nymphenburg'. Seedlings are not likely to match the parent. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'De Belder' and 'Stream Cottage' |
12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | Old generation. It is said to be a prolific grower; its leaves do not curl in the sun. These two clones are probably identical. Seedlings are not likely to match the parent. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'Eisenach' |
6.00 | 0.30 | -15 | 2 | Old generation. Ascending branches; culms tend to bifurcate. Seedlings are not likely to match the parent. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'Ems River' |
12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | Old generation. Leaves a little smaller. Seedlings are not likely to match the parent. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'Gansu 2' |
12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | Old generation. Narrow, delicate leaves, early shoots and branches, suited to shady conditions. Seedlings are not likely to match the parent. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'Jiuzhaigou 01' |
12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | New introduction. A clone from Jiuzhaigou Reserve with Red Culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'Jiuzhaigou 10' |
12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | New introduction. This interesting but rare form of Jiuzhaigou has canes that age to a rich yellow/gold color. It appears to grow as tall, if not a little taller than Jiuzhaigou I (11 feet on average). | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'Jiuzhaigou 4' |
8.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | New introduction. The darkest colored form of 'Jiuzhaigou' collected from Jiuzhaigou Park in northern Sichuan China by R. Willumeit. Shorter than other Jiuzhaigou forms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'Jiuzhaigou Genf' |
12.00 | U | -15 | U | Red Culms. Is also called F. Jiuzhaigou 'Genf' and F. Sp. 'Genf'. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'Jiuzhaigou' |
12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | New introductions. Several new seedling clones from Jiuzhaigou Reserve. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'McClure' |
12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | Old generation. Leaves long and narrow but wider than 'Nymphenburg'. Seedlings are not likely to match the parent. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'Nymphenburg' |
12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | Old generation. Differs from the type by narrow leaves, strongly arching culms and young branches ascending. Seedlings are not likely to match the parent. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia nitida 'Wakehurst' |
12.00 | 0.50 | -15 | 2 | Old generation. Has a bluer color, darker culms, possibly longer rhizome necks; does not show spotting common to other clones. Seedlings are not likely to match the parent. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia robusta |
16.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 4 | From Sichuan Province, China, at elevations over 8,000 feet.Early shoots. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia robusta 'Campbell' |
12.00 | U | 0 | U | Upright form with small leaves | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia robusta 'Pingwu' |
15.00 | 0.75 | 0 | 4 | This species has dark green foliage and light green culms, new shoots are hairy and rusty red upon emergence from the ground in early spring. The leaf size is intermediate between Campbell and Wolong. Culm sheaths persist and soon fade to a light color, almost white, giving the culms a very attractive checkerboard look in the spring through early summer. 'Green Screen' is a trademarked name of this cultivar. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia robusta 'Wenchuan' |
15.00 | 1.00 | 0 | U | 'Wenchuan' is an arching form of F. robusta with a slightly more open growth habit than other variations of this useful species. The culm and branch sheaths are a beautiful reddish brown instead of white to tan. It seems to be slightly more vigorous than F. robusta 'Campbell'. Large leaves give this bamboo a more tropical appearance. It is very similar to 'Wolong', but the dark green leaves are a little more pointed and don't seem to curl downward around the edges (as 'Wolong' tends to do). Description from www.bamboogarden.com | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia robusta 'Wolong' |
17.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 4 | Collected in Wolong, Sichuan in 1996. More vigorous, with larger leaves. Bamboo 23: 16. 2002. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia similaris |
U | U | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia songminensis |
U | U | 15 | U | New Introduction from China | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia sp. 'Scabrida' |
U | U | -5 | 4 | From Pingwu, Sichuan. Orange sheaths as F. dracocephala 'Rufa' but with more culm wax. Not F. scabrida. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia utilis |
TUNGCHUAN #3 | 13.00 | 0.50 | 0 | 4 | From Yunnan, culms curve upwards with pendulous cascading foliage. May be Borinda but flowers unknown. | Sources | MORE |
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| Fargesia yuanjiangensis |
16.00 | 0.75 | 20 | U | From Khun Dieter at bambooweb.info I have lots of seedlings of this species; they grow well and rapidly (as compared to some other seedlings of Fargesia). The species is recorded to grow up to 5 m tall by a culm diameter of 2 cm. Photos of seeds and seedlings, and the Chinese name (in Pinyin) can be found in the Bamboo Seeds Catalog of the Chiang Mai Bamboo Nursery. The species is naturally distributed in southern Yunnan at 1,600 m altitude, hence one should not expect it to be very hardy. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gaoligongshania | A genus with one species. From Yunnan, China. | ||||||||
| Gaoligongshania megalothyrsa |
6.00 | 0.40 | 0 | 3 | From Yunnan, China, near the Burmese border, at 1300-2600 meters altitude. Small, bushy and slow. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa | Giant, tropical, clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa. G. atroviolacea, G. atter, G. robusta, and G. pseudoarundinacea were formerly all considered to be forms of G. verticillata. Rarely flower or come true from seed, and may be "natural hybrids." | ||||||||
| Gigantochloa Hitam Hijau |
20.00 | 1.50 | 28 | 5 | Hitam Hijau means black and green. Very dark green culms with occasional white stripes and dramatically arching tops. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa albociliata |
30.00 | 2.00 | 30 | 4 | Tight clump. It has long (up to an inch) culm leaf ligules, narrow leaves. Light gray-green culms, white stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa apus |
BAMBU TALI | 65.00 | 4.00 | 27 | 5 | Common in Java, not found anywhere in the wild. Used for many purposes. It has large leaves, up to 15 inches long and 21/2 inches wide. Young culms are hairy. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa atroviolacea |
TROPICAL BLACK | 50.00 | 3.50 | 25 | 5 | Matte culms in tight clumps green through dark brown/black with narrow green stripes. Reflexed culm sheath blades on hairy shoots. From Java and Sumatra. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa atroviolacea 'Watupawan' |
52.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | A faster growing version of Gigantochloa atroviolacea with green culms, black striation and black patches. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa atter |
50.00 | 4.00 | 28 | 5 | From Java. Sweet shoots, strong straight culms. Sheath covered with black hairs. Used for furniture. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa hasskarliana |
30.00 | 2.50 | 28 | 5 | Native to west Java; dense clumps planted as hedges and used to weave baskets. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa levis |
45.00 | 5.00 | 28 | 5 | Young culm densely covered with brown or white tomentum, turning whitish gray when full grown. Edible shoots. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa ligulata |
30.00 | 1.50 | U | U | Plants are from the seed of the plant at Quail labeled Gigantochloa verticillata. Dr. Widjaja has identified the parent plant as Gigantochloa ligulata “Striped”. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa luteostriata |
30.00 | 2.00 | 28 | 5 | Erect with full foliage on top. Young leaves variegated white/green. Canes green, intermittent white stripes. | Bambusa luteostriata | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa maxima |
45.00 | 4.00 | 28 | 5 | Variegated culms with cream-colored stripes. The exact ID of plants that have been sold in the past under this name is not clear; also see G. pseudoarundinacea. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea |
100.00 | 5.00 | 28 | 5 | Formerly included in G. verticillata complex. The culms when young are light green, with thin yellow stripes. | Gigantochloa verticillata | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa ridleyi |
50.00 | 2.00 | 32 | 5 | A very useful straight culmed, large-leafed, handsome bamboo. Tight habit with persistent culm sheaths. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa robusta |
60.00 | 3.50 | 28 | 5 | Large, erect, strong. Java, Sumatra. Used for pipes, construction, handicrafts, shoots. Yellow stripes near base. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa sp 'Rachel Carson' |
59.00 | 3.00 | 28 | 5 | Attractive cream stripes on a vivid green culm and large leaves. Cream striped green shoots. A striking larger ornamental with a tropical look. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa sp. 'Bali White Stripe' |
30.00 | 3.00 | 28 | 5 | White stripes on leaves and culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa sp. 'Sumatra 3751' |
60.00 | U | 28 | 5 | Purple stripes on green canes. May be Gigantochloa kuring, “buluh kuring hitam” and may be bigger. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa sp. 'Widjaja 3827' |
U | U | U | U | Large, erect culms, with cream-colored stripes. Strong. | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa sp. marga |
Tiger Stripe | 20.00 | 1.20 | 28 | 5 | Named for the striping on the culm sheaths | G4761 | Sources | MORE |
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| Gigantochloa wrayii |
30.00 | 3.00 | 30 | 5 | Long internodes; used for basket making in Malaysia. Culms erect, slightly arching outwards. | Sources | MORE |
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| Guadua | A genus of giant, thorny, tropical clumping bamboos native to the New World. Clumps very open. Some older references include them in Bambusa. | ||||||||
| Guadua amplexifolia |
50.00 | 4.00 | 28 | 5 | Short internodes, nearly solid in the lower part of the arching culms. Useful, but not as strong as G. angustifolia. | Sources | MORE |
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| Guadua angustifolia |
100.00 | 9.00 | 30 | 5 | The largest of the American bamboos, native Venezuela to Peru, used for house construction and furniture. Thorny. Open clumps. | Sources | MORE |
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| Guadua angustifolia 'Bicolor' |
100.00 | 8.00 | 30 | 5 | Culms have vertical yellow and green stripes. Also known as 'Striata'. | Sources | MORE |
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| Guadua angustifolia 'Less Thorny' |
100.00 | 8.00 | 30 | 5 | A clone with significantly fewer and smaller thorns. | Sources | MORE |
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| Guadua chacoensis |
65.00 | 6.00 | 30 | 5 | A large woody thorny green bamboo, with erect culms, from Bolivia to Uraguay. May grow taller than listed. | Sources | MORE |
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| Guadua longifolia |
30.00 | 2.00 | 30 | 5 | Leaves long and narrow like Otatea, rhizomes with very long necks. Covers river banks in Mexico. | Sources | MORE |
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| Guadua paniculata |
30.00 | 2.50 | 30 | 5 | A small Guadua looking similar to Otatea from a distance, found in many tropical locations in the Americas. Thorny with long rhizomes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Guadua sp. 'Aureocaulis' |
Moonlight | U | U | U | U | Blonde white culms with random width green stripes and white nodal rings. Leaves strongly white-variegated. | Sources | MORE |
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| Guadua velutina |
50.00 | 4.00 | 28 | 5 | Culms thick walled but not solid. Erect. New shoots have beautiful maroon culm sheaths, which cling tightly to the lower internodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Hibanobambusa | A running genus from Japan once thought to be a natural bigeneric hybrid between Sasa veitchii and Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon', but with little evidence to support that idea. | ||||||||
| Hibanobambusa tranquillans |
16.00 | 1.30 | 3 | 4 | The single species of the genus has the 2 branches per node of a Phyllostachys and the large leaves of a Sasa, up to 10 inches long by 1 1/4 inches wide. | Sources | MORE |
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| Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima' |
16.00 | 1.30 | 3 | 4 | This form has strikingly attractive leaves variegated in cream and green. The colors persist throughout the year. | Sources | MORE |
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| Himalayacalamus | Clump-forming mountain bamboos from the Himalayas with attractive culms and lush foliage. | ||||||||
| Himalayacalamus cupreus |
20.00 | 1.25 | 20 | U | Named for the copper colored hairs on the culm sheaths. Growth habit similar to H. falconeri 'Damarapa' with less arching at the top. | Sources | MORE |
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| Himalayacalamus falconeri |
30.00 | 1.30 | 15 | 3 | US clone is from Damarapa with no stripes. Also see Drepanostachyum sengteeanum. | Drepanostachyum sengteeanum | Sources | MORE |
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| Himalayacalamus falconeri 'Damarapa' |
CANDY-STRIPE BAMBOO | 20.00 | 2.00 | 15 | 2 | Beautiful cultivar with masses of leaves on long, slender branchlets. Culms green, striped with yellow or lavender-pink. Formerly misidentified, and Drepanostachyum hookerianum. Species stil uncertain. | Drepanostachyum hookerianum | Sources | MORE |
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| Himalayacalamus fimbriatus |
U | U | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Himalayacalamus hookerianus |
BLUE BAMBOO | 20.00 | 0.80 | 20 | 2 | Light blue culms become blue-purple in first winter. Formaly sold as Drepanostachyum falcatum. Named seedling clones have not maintained differences when mature. | Drepanostachyum falcatum | Sources | MORE |
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| Himalayacalamus intermedius |
U | U | U | U | The new stems are bright blue, tender leaves and more beautifully, overhang that stature. | Sources | MORE |
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| Himalayacalamus planatus |
20.00 | 0.50 | 15 | 3 | From C Nepal. As H. falconeri but with rougher culm sheaths. Split from H. asper. Previously Neomicrocalamus microphyllus. | H. asper | Sources | MORE |
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| Himalayacalamus porcatus |
20.00 | 1.00 | 20 | 3 | From Nepal. Grows above 2000 meters. Tight clumper, finely ridged internodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Indocalamus | Small, running bamboos from China with large, broad leaves; similar to Sasa but with non-prominent culm nodes. | ||||||||
| Indocalamus cordatus |
5.00 | 0.30 | U | U | A new introduction from China. | Sources | MORE |
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| Indocalamus decorus |
2.50 | 0.20 | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Indocalamus latifolius |
10.00 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | Similar to I. tessellatus, leaves about a foot long. | Sources | MORE |
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| Indocalamus latifolius 'Hopei' |
12.00 | 0.50 | 0 | 3 | Even taller, larger leaved and more cold hardy than species. Spreads slowly. | Sources | MORE |
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| Indocalamus longiauritus |
5.00 | 0.30 | -5 | 4 | Culms hairy below the nodes; prominent auricles and oral setae. | Sources | MORE |
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| Indocalamus migoi |
6.50 | 0.60 | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Indocalamus pedalis |
1.00 | 0.10 | 23 | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Indocalamus sp. 'Hamadae' |
15.00 | 0.60 | -5 | 3 | The only Japanese Indocalamus. Culms taller and thicker than I. tessellatus, branches commonly not 1 but 3. The large leaves were used for wrapping rice balls. Native to Kyushu. | Sources | MORE |
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| Indocalamus sp. 'Solidus' |
8.00 | 0.40 | -5 | 3 | Culms solid, leaves only 8 to 10 inches long. Species not known. | Sources | MORE |
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| 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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| Indocalamus victorialis |
5.00 | 0.20 | 0 | 3 | A new introduction from China. | Sources | MORE |
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| Indosasa | A group of mid-size running bamboos from southern China and Vietnam. | ||||||||
| Indosasa crassiflora |
20.00 | 1.60 | U | U | Culm wall thick, nearly solid. Glabrous, slightly pruinose. | Sources | MORE |
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| Indosasa gigantea |
50.00 | 4.00 | U | U | From south China. | Acidosasa gigantea | Sources | MORE |
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| Indosasa ingens |
20.00 | 2.00 | U | U | New import from China. | Sources | MORE |
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| Lithachne | Genus of clumping herbaceous bamboos from the tropical western hemisphere with asymmetric, truncate-based leaf blades. | ||||||||
| Lithachne humilis |
1.00 | 0.10 | 32 | 3 | The small leaves fold down together at night. It flowers frequently, producing viable seed. | Sources | MORE |
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| Melocalamus | A small group of scrambling bamboos with persistent culm sheaths and large leaves. | ||||||||
| Melocalamus arrectus |
U | U | U | U | From Yunnan. Used in weaving. Fruit edible. Red blush on largish leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Melocanna | A genus native to India and Burma, with 3 species, only one of which is in the United States. Open clumpers with long-necked rhizomes. | ||||||||
| Melocanna baccifera |
60.00 | 3.00 | 32 | 5 | Thin walled, erect. Fruits, the size of a pear, sometimes sprout on the plant. Shoots & fruit edible. | Sources | MORE |
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| Menstruocalamus | Very similar to Chimonobambusa and may be synonymous. One species, from Sichuan China. | ||||||||
| Menstruocalamus sichuanensis |
15.00 | 0.80 | U | U | Used as an ornamental in China. | Sources | MORE |
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| Nastus | A genus of slender to large bamboos found from Madagascar to the Solomon Islands. Erect, scrambling, or climbing, many branches at each node. | ||||||||
| Nastus elatus |
60.00 | 4.00 | 25 | 5 | Long narrow light grayish-green leaves, erect new lime green culms turn yellowish with age. From coastal New Guinea. Needs humid area. Shoots edible raw. | Sources | MORE |
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| Neohouzeaua | Medium-sized clumping bamboos from SE Asia. Culm tips often scrambling. Included in Schizostachyum in some references. | ||||||||
| Neohouzeaua mekongensis |
5.00 | 0.40 | 40 | U | A small clumping bamboo from Vietnam suitable for low hedges. | Sources | MORE |
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| Neololeba | Tropical genus from Indonesia, PNG, & N Australia. | ||||||||
| Neololeba atra |
IRON RANGE BAMBOO | 16.00 | 1.20 | 40 | U | Plants from Australia previously known as Bambusa forbesii | Bambusa forbesii | Sources | MORE |
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| Ochlandra | A group of shrubby gregarious reed-like bamboos, native to southern India and Sri Lanka, with persistent culm-sheaths. | ||||||||
| Ochlandra stridula |
REED BAMBOO | 18.00 | 0.80 | U | 5 | Native to Sri Lanka, where it is used extensively for basketry and for paper pulp. Good for craft work. May be misidentified Semiarundinaria species. | Sources | MORE |
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| Oldeania | A genus of one species from central Africa, with long-necked pachymorph rhizomes and nodal root thorns | ||||||||
| Oldeania alpina |
GREEN MOUNTAIN BAMBOO | 24.00 | 2.00 | 19 | 5 | Native to Africa. It has been used for water pipes in Tanzania. Formerly listed as Arundinaria alpina. | Yushania alpina | Sources | MORE |
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| Oligostachyum | A group of small to medium running bamboos from the coast of China, similar to Semiarundinaria. Swollen nodes. | ||||||||
| Oligostachyum glabrescens |
6.00 | 0.40 | U | U | From Fujian and Zhejiang, China. Long narrow leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Olmeca | A Mexican genus, with two species. Both species have large fleshy fruits, and rhizomes with long necks, very open clumps. | ||||||||
| Olmeca recta |
45.00 | 2.00 | U | 4 | Green culms; nodes subdued on main culm but bulge on branches. Branches at about 10 ft; looks like a palm. Fruits to one inch diameter. | 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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| Otatea acuminata ssp. Acuminata |
15.00 | 0.70 | 28 | 5 | Smaller and more delicate looking then aztecorum, it comes from the hot, humid lowlands of eastern Mexico. | Sources | MORE |
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| Otatea acuminata ssp. Aztecorum |
MEXICAN WEEPING | 20.00 | 1.50 | 22 | 4 | The long narrow leaves are produced in such abundance that they almost completely obscure the culms. Clumps open with culms spaced up to 1 or 2 feet. | Sources | MORE |
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| Otatea acuminata ssp. aztecorum 'Dwarf' |
DWARF MEXICAN WEEPING | 4.00 | 0.70 | 22 | 4 | A dwarf form of the above. Looks like a basketball. | Sources | MORE |
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| Otatea fimbriata |
14.00 | 0.70 | 24 | 4 | Leaves up to a foot long and 3/4 inch wide, waxy whitish culms, from Mexico to northern Colombia. | Sources | MORE |
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| Otatea glauca 'Mayan Silver' |
20.00 | 1.50 | 22 | 4 | Previously known as O. acuminata 'Mayan Silver'. From Chiapas, Mexico, with hollow culms covered in silver-white waxy powder. Leaves weeping and narrow. | Otatea acuminata 'Mayan Silver' | Sources | MORE |
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| Oxytenanthera abyssinica |
30.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | Native to Ethiopia. Bright green, no thorns. Zigzag culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Oxytenanthera braunii |
WINE BAMBOO | 30.00 | 4.00 | 30 | 5 | May be the same species as O. abyssinica. Young shoots are cut off to produce sap that is fermented for “wine” in Tanzania. | 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 acuta |
26.00 | 2.50 | 0 | 5 | Introduced from Zhejiang Province, China in 1984. Named for its sharp-pointed shoots. | Sources | MORE |
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| 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 arcana |
27.00 | 1.30 | 0 | 5 | Named after its “hidden” characters of distinctive recognition. In China it is used for shoots and split culms are woven into mats. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys arcana 'Luteosulcata' |
27.00 | 1.30 | 0 | 5 | Same as P. arcana but with a yellow groove. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys atrovaginata |
INCENSE BAMBOO | 35.00 | 2.80 | -5 | 5 | The shoots are among those having the least bite when raw. These plants were formerly listed as P. congesta. | Phyllostachys congesta | 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 aurea 'Albovariegata' |
VARIEGATED GOLDEN BAMBOO | 27.00 | 1.80 | 5 | 5 | Same, except that the leaves are smaller, striped with white. Many plants flowered recently; some have survived but nearly all reverted to normal form. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys aurea 'Dr Don' |
27.00 | 1.80 | 10 | 5 | Glaucous blue culms with denser wax than usual | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys aurea 'Flavescens-inversa' |
27.00 | 1.80 | 5 | 5 | The green culms have a pale yellow groove. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys aurea 'Holochrysa' |
GOLDEN GOLDEN | 27.00 | 1.80 | 5 | 5 | Unlike the typical form whose culms stay green until old, these culms soon turn yellow, then golden orange. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys aurea 'Koi' |
27.00 | 1.80 | 5 | 5 | The culms turn from green to yellow after the first 6 months, but the culm grooves remain green. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys aurea 'Takemurai' |
35.00 | 3.00 | 5 | 5 | It lacks the short internodes of the typical form. | Sources | MORE |
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| 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 'Alata' |
30.00 | 2.00 | -5 | 5 | Similar to the above, but with a green groove. Culms grow larger and are often markedly zigzag. Probably synonymous with P. aureosulcata 'Pekinensis'. | 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 Inversa' |
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 | 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 'Lama Temple' |
25.00 | 1.75 | -5 | 5 | This rare cultivar of P. aureosulcata has a brighter gold color than the similar P. aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' . It also seems to have a shorter overall height, with shorter nodes. The sunward side of the new culms in late spring turn a brilliant cherry red color for a couple months. Culm sheaths are more pale and pink than other P. aureosulcata. We have been growing this plant for several years and now, as it has reach a respectable height, we can finally see the subtle differences compared to the more common P. aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' . The bright colors of this bamboo make it a very attractive plant and seem to shed light in any area. It can prosper in shade, though not as fast and with out the red culms in spring. Color looks best with about 3-5 hours of direct sun in the morning hours. Description from www.bamboogarden.com | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Pekinensis' |
30.00 | 2.00 | -5 | 5 | Has a green groove; probably synonymous with P. aureosulcata 'Alata'. | 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 aurita |
Hair-ring water bamboo | 20.00 | 1.00 | U | U | Strong culms with hairy shoots. | 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 bambusoides 'Albovariegata' |
25.00 | 1.75 | 5 | 5 | Apricot fading to white leaf variegation is startling in the spring, but it fades by the end of the year. Culms green. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Allgold' |
35.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | The culms are entirely golden yellow except for an occasional thin green stripe. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Aureostriata' |
U | U | 5 | 5 | This unique plant was brought from Japan years ago by Gerald Bol. It sports gold stripes on green leaves as well as occasional white stripe on the green canes. Tolerates full sun. Not to be confused with 'Richard Haubrich'. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon Inversa' |
35.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | This is the complement of the above; culms are green with yellow grooves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon variegata' |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon' |
35.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | Golden yellow culms with green grooves and stripes. An occasional leaf is striped in cream. It died due to flowering, and a new clone with less leaf variegation, sometimes called 'McClure's Castillon', has been introduced. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Golden Dwarf' |
12.00 | 1.00 | 5 | 5 | Shrublike with golden leaves and culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Job's Spots' |
50.00 | 4.00 | 5 | 5 | Culm sheaths with upper-central burgundy spots. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Kawadana' |
20.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | Culms and foliage leaves have yellow stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Leprechaun Gold' |
U | U | 5 | 5 | From the seed of P. bambusoides 'White Crookstem'. New shoots emerge extremely early in the season. Culms and leaves emerge light yellow and soon become light green; each season's new leaves are more dense and significantly smaller than previous season's leaves which are completely replaced by mid summer. Max size is unknown | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Marliac' |
25.00 | 1.50 | 5 | 5 | A form with wrinkled culms due to numerous longitudinal grooves running the length of each internode on all sides of the culm. A rare ornamental. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Rib Leaf' |
50.00 | 4.00 | 5 | 5 | Leaves short, wide and ribbed along the parallel venation. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Richard Haubrich' |
35.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | Sport from base of 'Castillonis' with dramatic green stripes on white leaves, slow grower. Bamboo 23: 7. 2002 | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Slender Crookstem' |
48.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | Smaller than regular P. bambusoides with culms that often show a marked zigzag of lower internodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Subvariegata' |
48.00 | 3.00 | 5 | 5 | The leaves have light green stripes on a dark green background. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Tanakae' |
U | U | 5 | U | Culms marked with elliptical purplish-brown spots. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'White Crookstem' |
48.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | The older culms are covered with white powder. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'katashibo' |
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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 bissetii 'Dwarf' |
18.00 | 1.00 | -10 | 5 | Differs by being smaller, and having whitish patches on the culms; hardier, perhaps. | 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 |
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 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 edulis 'Bicolor' |
MOSO | 75.00 | 7.00 | 5 | 5 | Yellow culms with green sulcus. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys edulis 'Goldstripe' |
75.00 | 7.00 | 5 | 5 | A Moso seedling that shows gold striation. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys edulis 'Gracilis' |
Little Moso | 26.00 | 1.50 | 5 | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys edulis 'Heterocycla' |
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 | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys edulis 'Jaquith' |
70.00 | 5.00 | 0 | 5 | Originally grown from seed by Ned Jaquith, in 1985. Has primarily large green canes supporting the classic feather-fall leaf pattern. It also bears an occasional variegated culm or branch. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys edulis 'Nabeshimana' |
U | U | 5 | 5 | Green with yellow broad and narrow stripes | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys edulis 'Tubaeformis' |
U | U | 0 | U | From Hunan China. Culms: lower part towards the base trumpet-shaped, thus the internodes gradually shortened in length and enlarged in basal diameter. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys elegans |
32.00 | 2.30 | 5 | 5 | The species is highly regarded for its shoots. In spring it is one of the first species of the genus to shoot. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys fimbriligula |
Horn Bamboo | 30.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 5 | Native to Zhejiang, China where it is planted for shoot production. | 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 flexuosa 'Kimmei Aureostriata' |
12.00 | U | 0 | 5 | This is a showy cultivar arising from P flexuosa seedlings at Bamboo Sourcery. Has the following distinctions: canes ranging from green to yellow to lime in color sport light yellow and green striped leaves in about a 50-50 ratio of yellow to green. About 2/3 of the foliage is striped and 1/3 is solid green color. Seems to prefer a half-day of morning sun to produce best coloration - leaves tend go pale in more sun.Grows to about 12' tall in Northern California. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys flexuosa 'Kimmei' |
31.00 | 2.80 | 0 | 5 | Like the species, but striped with yellow. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys glabrata |
23.00 | 1.50 | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys glauca |
34.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 5 | Named for blue-white powder that completely covers young culms. In China, grows as large as P. bambusoides. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys glauca 'Notso' |
34.00 | 2.00 | -2 | 5 | Similar to the species, except young culms do not have the blue glaucous color. May take lower temperatures. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys glauca 'Yunzhu' |
34.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 5 | Has purplish-black spots or ovals on the culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys heteroclada |
WATER BAMBOO | 33.00 | 1.50 | -11 | 5 | Larger, more erect, and less zigzag than P. h. 'Purpurata'. | Phyllostachys purpurata 'Straightstem' | 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 heteroclada 'Solidstem' |
24.00 | 1.30 | -5 | 5 | Similar to the species except that culms are solid below. | Phyllostachys purpurata 'Solidstem' | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys hispida |
Hairy shell bamboo | 11.00 | 1.50 | U | U | Short culms, with densely packed hairs like P. edulis (Moso). | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys humilis |
20.00 | 1.00 | 3 | 5 | One of the smallest members of the genus, it is widely cultivated in Japan. Culms darken with age. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys incarnata |
40.00 | 3.00 | -10 | 5 | Culms sheaths are purple. Culms are olive green. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys iridescens |
40.00 | 2.80 | 3 | 5 | Some internodes near base have yellow striping. Sweet shoots, used for timber. | 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 lithophila |
U | U | 8 | 5 | Like P. makinoi but with paler shoots, smaller culm sheath blades and leaf sheaths with sparse or no oral setae. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys lofushanensis |
15.00 | 1.00 | U | U | Shorter than most Phyllostachys. Prominent nodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys makinoi |
60.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | Whitish green culms are covered with a bluish powder. | 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 mannii 'Mannii' |
MANNII | 25.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 5 | First identified in northern India, but extends in range to southern China. Shoots in April; slightly astringent. Culms tough, durable, easy to split. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys meyeri |
33.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 5 | Similar in appearance to P. aurea but without the short internodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys nidularia |
33.00 | 1.50 | 5 | 5 | Distinctive, very prominent culm nodes. The shoots are exceptionally free of acrid taste. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys nidularia 'Farcta' |
33.00 | 1.50 | 5 | 5 | The culms are solid or nearly so. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys nidularia 'Smoothsheath' |
33.00 | 1.50 | 0 | 5 | Same as species, except it lacks the shaggy hairs on the culm leaf sheaths and sheath scars found on the typical form. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys nidularia June Barbara |
U | U | U | 5 | Yellow variegated leaves, light green culms, small, slow growing. Apparently a good plant for container growing. | 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 'Daikokuchiku' |
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. | 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 nigra 'Henon Dwarf' |
2.50 | U | 0 | 5 | A dwarf form of Ph. nigra 'Henon' grown from seeds obtained by Hastings Schmidt from China, this plant has never grown to more than 30" tall in the 17 years it's been cultivated at Bamboo Sourcery. Color and other characteristics are identical to the 'Henon', but this dwarf is now the smallest known plant in the Phyllostachys genus | 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 nigra 'Megurochiku' |
54.00 | 3.50 | 3 | 5 | Green, similar to 'Henon' but the culm grooves are brown or purplish-black. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys nigra 'Mejiro' |
50.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | Black Culms with a green sulcus | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys nigra 'Muchisasa' |
12.00 | 1.00 | 5 | 5 | The culms turn brownish-black, not dense purplish black. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys nigra 'Othello' |
20.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | Culms very black, tightly packed together in clumps, turn early from green to black. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys nigra 'Punctata' |
60.00 | 4.00 | 5 | 5 | A large form. Culms are spotted in the first year, purplish in the second, and black the third. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys nigra 'Shimadake' |
54.00 | 3.50 | 0 | 5 | Similar to Henon but with occasional brown vertical stripes on the culm after the first year. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys nigra 'Tosaensis' |
30.00 | 1.50 | 5 | 3 | Like Bory but with 1 or 2 long brown spots per internode, leaves sometimes variegated. | 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 nuda 'Localis' |
34.00 | 1.80 | -10 | 5 | Similar, internodes near the base are blotched, spotted, or striped purple. Blotches show at 6 -12 months. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys parvifolia |
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. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys pingyangensis |
52.00 | 3.00 | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys platyglossa |
26.00 | 1.50 | 0 | 5 | Mature culms have long internodes. Grown for its shoots in China. Timber inferior. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys praecox |
33.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | Young culms dark green, purplish nodes. Grown for its shoots in China. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys praecox 'Prevernalis' |
33.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | The middle of internodes are smaller in diameter than the ends. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys praecox 'Viridisulcata' |
33.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | Yellow culm with green sulcus and few green stripes, shoots yellowish, some leaves have yellow stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys prominens |
33.00 | 2.75 | U | U | Extremely winter-hard and sturdy bamboo with very thick-walled Stems | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys propinqua |
30.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 5 | Reintroduced to U.S. from China via Germany. Hardier than most others of the genus. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys propinqua 'Beijing' |
U | U | -10 | U | Shoots are gray, leaves larger. Reported to take temperatures down to -15F, grows faster than the type. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys rigida |
Hardy head green bamboo | 26.00 | 1.00 | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys robustiramea |
30.00 | 2.50 | 10 | 5 | Small bamboo, usually only 10 feet tall and 1 inch thick. | 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 rutila |
Red shell bamboo | 33.00 | 2.00 | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys stimulosa |
25.00 | 1.50 | -5 | 5 | Prominent nodes. Native to Zhejiang Province, China. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys varioauriculata |
Black bamboo | 13.00 | 1.00 | U | U | New introduction | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys violascens |
20.00 | 2.00 | 0 | 5 | Culms blackish-violet at first, sometimes striped with violet. Sheaths deep purple. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys virella |
Green skin bamboo | 30.00 | 2.00 | U | U | New introduction | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens |
35.00 | 2.00 | -5 | 5 | The culms grow very straight and the wood is of excellent quality. | 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 'Houzeau' |
45.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | Differs by having culms that are green with a yellow groove. | 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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| Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis' |
70.00 | 5.00 | 5 | 5 | The culms turn yellow with a few narrow green stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys vivax 'Black Spot' |
70.00 | 5.00 | 0 | 5 | The culms have black spots. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys vivax 'Huangwenzhu Inversa' |
70.00 | 5.00 | 0 | 5 | The culms are yellow with a green groove. | Sources | MORE |
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| Phyllostachys vivax 'Huangwenzhu' |
70.00 | 5.00 | 0 | 5 | Internodes green with yellow groove. From Henon. More frost resistant than the type. | 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 akebono |
2.00 | 0.30 | 10 | 3 | The small leaves, no more than 3 inches long by 1/2 inch wide, are often green shading to white to the tips. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus amarus |
16.00 | 0.80 | 0 | 3 | Young culms are heavily pruinose; used for umbrellas in China. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus argenteostriatus |
3.00 | 0.30 | 10 | 2 | The green leaves, which are more or less striped with white or yellow, are hairless on both surfaces. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus argenteostriatus 'Goldstripe' |
3.00 | 0.30 | 10 | 2 | A 3' tall, running dwarf with one gold stripe on the leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus chino |
10.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 4 | A medium size bamboo native to Japan. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus chino 'Angustifolia' |
10.00 | 0.80 | 10 | 3 | Distinguished from the species by very narrow leaves, 1/4” x 5”. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus chino 'Elegantissimus' |
10.00 | 0.80 | 10 | 3 | Leaf blades narrow and frequently white stripes mottled with green dots. May be same as angustifolia. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus chino 'Gracilis' |
10.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 3 | Narrow leaves | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus chino 'Kimmei' |
10.00 | 0.80 | 10 | 3 | Leaves and culms have yellow stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus chino 'Murakamiansus' |
10.00 | 0.80 | 10 | 3 | Leaves are highly variegated with white stripes; some are totally white. On average 25% of the leaf is green. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus chino 'Vaginatus Variegatus' |
6.00 | 0.50 | 10 | 3 | Differs from the type by its smaller, narrower, white striped leaves, which are hairless on both surfaces. The rhizomes run deep in the ground. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus distichus |
DWARF FERN LEAF | 2.00 | 0.20 | 0 | 3 | Branchlets bear tiny, two ranked leaves which are often only 1 inch long by 1/4 inch wide. A good ground cover or container plant. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus distichus 'Mini' |
1.00 | 0.20 | 0 | 3 | Like the species, but only 8-12” high. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus fortunei |
Dwarf Whitestripe | 4.00 | 0.20 | 10 | 3 | Dwarf variegated bamboo. Leaves keep their white stripes through the year, softly hairy on the lower surface. Aka P. variegatus. | Pleioblastus variegatus | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus gauntlettii |
3.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 3 | The slender, dwarf culms stand stiffly erect. Leaves about 7 inches long by 3/4 inch wide. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus gozadakensis |
13.00 | 0.60 | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus gramineus |
12.00 | 0.50 | 5 | 4 | The long rather narrow leaves are grass-like in appearance. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus gramineus 'Monstrispiralis' |
12.00 | 4.00 | 5 | 3 | Tillering culms are distorted with spiraling internodes, single ones normal. | Pleioblastus gramineus 'Raseetsu-chiku' | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus hindsii |
15.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 4 | Similar to P. gramineus, but with wider, more erect leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus humilis |
7.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 3 | An attractive dwarf with dark green leaves. An aggressive runner good for erosion control. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus humilis 'Albovariegatus' |
4.00 | 0.10 | -10 | 4 | Introduced to this country by Gerald Bol in about 1994-5, and assumed to be a variety of Pl. humilis, this plant has brightly striped leaves, 50-50 white and green. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus humilis 'Variegatus' |
4.00 | 0.10 | 0 | 3 | An attractive dwarf with dark green leaves. Striped. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus juxianensis |
JUXIAN BITTER B. | 22.00 | 1.25 | 0 | U | From Zhejiang, China. Culms used for making umbrella stalk. White ring below nodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus kodzumae |
9.50 | 0.75 | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus kongosanensis |
6.00 | 0.40 | 5 | 4 | Dark green leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus kongosanensis 'Akibensis' |
6.00 | 0.40 | 5 | 4 | The culms are densely hairy except for the nodes which have only a few hairs. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus kongosanensis 'Aureostriatus' |
6.00 | 0.40 | 5 | 4 | The dark green leaves have an occasional golden stripe and are covered with soft hairs on their lower surface. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus linearis |
14.00 | 1.00 | 10 | 5 | A native of Taiwan, a vigorous runner with long, narrow, grass-like leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus linearis 'Nana' |
4.00 | 0.50 | 10 | 5 | Shorter, with narrower leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus maculatus |
Spotted bitter bamboo. | 13.00 | 0.50 | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus nagashima |
6.00 | 0.30 | -5 | 4 | A dwarf Japanese bamboo, usually grows no more than 2 feet tall. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus oleosus |
16.00 | 1.30 | 0 | 5 | Similar to Brachystachyum densiflorum var. villosum but with culm leaf sheath margins greenish ciliate. | Sources | MORE |
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| 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 pygmaeus 'Greenstripe' |
1.50 | U | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus pygmaeus 'Ramosissimus' |
6.00 | 0.10 | 0 | 3 | Similar to P. distichus and P. pygmaeus but taller and hardier. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus shibuyanus 'Tsuboi' |
UEDA-ZASA | 9.00 | 0.30 | -5 | 3 | A vigorous growing dwarf with rather small, white striped leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| 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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| Pleioblastus simonii 'Variegatus' |
20.00 | 1.50 | 5 | 4 | Has some leaves variegated. Leaves on a culm may be different types— broad, narrow, green, or white striped. | 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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| Pleioblastus viridistriatus 'Chrysophyllus' |
3.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 2 | Same as Pl. viridistriatus, except that the leaves are yellow with only very faint green stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pleioblastus xestrophyllus |
6.00 | 0.40 | 0 | U | Up to 6 ft tall, 3/8" thick, furry culms. Grows wild in Honshu; leaves green. May be a form of P. nagashima. | 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 cantori |
16.00 | 1.30 | 0 | 3 | New from China. Even joints with black waxy ring above and below nodes. Used for furniture. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pseudosasa guanxianensis |
11.00 | 0.50 | U | U | New introduction from China. | 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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| Pseudosasa japonica 'Akebono' |
18.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 3 | Leaves are green at the base, shade to yellow-white at the tips. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pseudosasa japonica 'Akebono-suji' |
18.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 3 | Leaves similar to 'Akebono' except that green stripes also run from base to tip of the leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pseudosasa japonica 'Pleioblastoides' |
18.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 3 | Differs only in having three branches at the node instead of just one. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pseudosasa japonica 'Tsutsumiana' |
Green Onion | 18.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 3 | Similar to the species except that the culm internodes tend to be swollen in shape somewhat like that of a green onion. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pseudosasa japonica 'Variegata' |
18.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 3 | Similar to the species, with white stripes on the leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pseudosasa longiligula |
26.00 | 1.70 | 10 | 3 | Thick tall culms with even nodes, used in China for furniture making. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pseudosasa owatarii |
3.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 3 | Endemic to Yakushima, a small island in Japan. Form ‘pygmaea’ is only a few inches tall. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pseudosasa usawai |
16.00 | 0.80 | 10 | 3 | From Taiwan where it grows at elevations up to about 4,000 feet. | Sources | MORE |
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| Pseudosasa viridula |
18.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 3 | Long wide green leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Raddia | Small herbaceous clump-forming bamboos. Leaves numerous, often in crowded ladder-like complements. Exhibit sleep movements, leaves fold upwards at night or under moisture or temperature stress. | ||||||||
| Raddia brasiliensis |
2.00 | U | U | 3 | Flowers frequently, although spikelets inconspicuous. Needs constant water, good drainage, and chelated iron. | Sources | MORE |
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| Raddia distichophylla |
1.00 | U | U | U | Fern-like leaves, up to 20 pairs of leaves. Thrives in cultivation. Small (no height spec available). | Sources | MORE |
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| Rhipidocladum | A genus of American clumping bamboos which grow from Mexico to Argentina, at low to moderate elevations. | ||||||||
| Rhipidocladum pittieri |
30.00 | 0.40 | U | U | They arch and droop forming graceful curtains of foliage over canyon walls, on wet cliffs in Costa Rica. | Sources | MORE |
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| Rhipidocladum racemiflorum |
15.00 | 1.00 | 26 | U | Slender climbing culms; tips hang down as long vines carrying tufts of small light green leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sarocalamus | A genus of small to medium-sized running Sino-Himalayan mountain bamboos with few , erect branches. | ||||||||
| Sarocalamus faberi |
3.00 | 0.30 | -4 | U | Grows altitudes of 2600-3400 meters, is a food for the giant panda. | Bambusa faberi | Sources | MORE |
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| Sarocalamus fangianus |
5.00 | 0.40 | 10 | 3 | West Sichuan, China. Covered densely with white waxy powder. Culm sheaths persistent. Grows at 2.4-3.2 km, in pine forests. Panda fodder. | Gelidocalamus fangianus, Arundinaria fangiana | 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 cernua |
6.50 | U | U | U | New Introduction. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa gracillima |
2.50 | U | U | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa hayatae |
1.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 2 | Shorter, with leaves to 6 ins long rather than 10 ins. | Sasa veitchii 'Minor' | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa kagamiana |
6.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 2 | Leaves to a foot long and 21/4 inches wide, 4 to 9 at branch ends. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa kagamiana ssp. Yoshinoi |
2.00 | 0.10 | 0 | 2 | Dwarf subspecies of the above; leaves 2 or 3 at the ends of culms and branches. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa kurilensis |
10.00 | 0.80 | 0 | 2 | One of the most widely distributed bamboos in Japan. Its native range extends to 50? north on Sakhalin Island, Russia. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa kurilensis 'Shimofuri' |
6.00 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | Same as species, except that the leaves are variegated with many fine white stripes. A very attractive ornamental. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa megalophylla |
6.00 | 0.30 | 5 | 2 | Leaves up to 10" long. Native to most of Japan, Sakhalin, and the Kuriles. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa nagimontana |
2.00 | 0.20 | -5 | 2 | Large dark green leaves. From Mt. Nagi in Japan. Hairy culm sheathes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa nipponica (hort.) |
2.00 | 0.10 | 8 | 2 | Nodes prominent; large leaves. From Pacific coast of Japan. Low-growing; variegated green/white. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa oshidensis |
6.00 | 0.30 | -2 | 3 | A vigorous growing dwarf bamboo that tolerates both cold and heat. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa palmata |
7.00 | 0.50 | 5 | 2 | The thick, leathery leaves are up to 15 inches long by 21/2 inches wide. It does well in pots, looks best when grown in the shade. Grows taller in cool climates. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa senanensis |
7.00 | 0.50 | -2 | 2 | Similar to S. palmata, but leaves hairy below. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa shimidzuana |
6.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 2 | Leaves up to 11 inches long and 2 inches wide, the underside covered with soft hairs. AKA S. asahinae | Sasa asahinae | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa sp. |
U | U | U | U | Many retailers carry an assortment of 'little green runners' of uncertain identification. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasa tsuboiana |
6.00 | 0.30 | 5 | 2 | A Japanese bamboo with large, dark green, attractive leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| 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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| Sasa veitchii 'Borealis striata' |
U | U | 5 | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasaella | Similar to Sasa except that culms are more erect, leaves are smaller and the oral setae have bristles only near the base. | ||||||||
| Sasaella bitchuensis |
6.00 | 0.40 | 5 | 2 | Native to the eastern side of Honshu, Japan; it has densely hairy culm leaf sheaths. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasaella hidaensis 'muraii' |
6.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 3 | Japanese bamboo with hairy sheaths on culm and foliage leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasaella masamuneana |
6.00 | 0.30 | 3 | 3 | Typical form with plain green leaves. Also called S. rhyncantha or S. m. rhyncantha | Sasaella masamuneana rhyncantha | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata' |
FUIRI-SHIIYAZASA | 6.00 | 0.30 | 5 | 3 | An attractive variegated bamboo with thick leaves striped in white or cream. | Sasaella glabra 'Albostriata' | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasaella masamuneana 'Aureostriata' |
6.00 | 0.25 | 5 | 3 | It starts out with totally green leaves and over the course of the summer it begins to develop intense golden stripes | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasaella ramosa |
6.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 4 | Usually only about 3 feet tall, it is a rampant runner suitable for growing in pots or for erosion control. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasaella sasakiana |
10.00 | 0.40 | 0 | 4 | A robust Sasaella with 3 branches at each node. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasaella shiobarensis |
6.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 3 | Japanese bamboo with hairless culm leaf sheaths. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sasamorpha | A genus of large-leafed running bamboos similar to Sasa. | ||||||||
| Sasamorpha borealis |
6.00 | 0.30 | -5 | 2 | Native to Hokkaido, Japan, it is hardier than most other Japanese bamboos. | Sources | MORE |
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| Schizostachyum | Giant to shrub-like tropical, clumping, nodes are usually un-swollen, culm walls thin. Continuously produce flowers without dying, rarely set seed. | ||||||||
| Schizostachyum brachycladum |
45.00 | 4.00 | 35 | 5 | Erect, tight-clumping, drooping tips. Cultivars with coloured culms popular ornamentals in Asia. | Sources | MORE |
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| Schizostachyum brachycladum 'Bali Kuning' |
45.00 | 4.00 | 35 | U | Culms yellow with the occasional thin green stripe, leaves have occasional cream stripes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Schizostachyum caudatum |
25.00 | 1.50 | 35 | 5 | Densely tufted, drooping tips, almost solid. Sheath light green tinged with orange. Considered sacred in Sumatra, Indonesia. | Sources | MORE |
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| Schizostachyum glaucifolium |
65.00 | 4.00 | 35 | 5 | Yellow, with green stripes. A “canoe plant” brought to Hawaii by the Polynesians. | Sources | MORE |
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| Schizostachyum jaculans |
30.00 | 1.30 | 35 | 5 | Erect, straight culms with drooping tips. Internodes can be over 3 ft long. May be synonym for S. lima. | Sources | MORE |
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| Schizostachyum lima |
40.00 | 3.50 | U | 5 | Very long internodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Schizostachyum sp. 'Murray Island' |
16.00 | 1.00 | 37 | 4 | Has very long internodes, up to 1 meter. Used in the Solomon Islands to make pan flutes and for weaving. | Sources | MORE |
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| Schizostachyum zollingeri |
40.00 | 2.00 | 25 | U | An attractive medium sized species with straight culms lacking branches on lower half, forms and open clump and often planted as an ornamental. | 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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| Semiarundinaria fastuosa 'Viridis' |
35.00 | 1.50 | 0 | 5 | Similar to the species except that the culms remain green, branches are a little longer, and growth is more vigorous. | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria fortis |
26.00 | 1.50 | 0 | 5 | It originated from middle and north Kyushu, Japan. | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria kagamiana |
30.00 | 1.50 | -5 | 5 | Similar to S. fastuosa with longer branches and pubescent leaves & leaf sheaths. | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria lubrica |
15.00 | 1.00 | 23 | U | A recent introduction. Perhaps is Oligostachyum lubricum Shoots edible. | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria makinoi |
MAKINOI | 16.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 4 | The culms soon turn reddish-brown. An attractive small bamboo suitable for growing in pots. | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria okuboi |
BIRODONA | 25.00 | 1.50 | 5 | 5 | The leaves are distinctive in being wider for their length than leaves of other bamboos. | Semiarundinaria villosa | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria sp. Maruyamana |
20.00 | 1.00 | -6 | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria sp. 'Korea' |
5.00 | 0.30 | 0 | U | Unidentified species imported by Gerald Bol from Korea. | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria yamadori |
15.00 | 0.75 | 0 | 5 | the leaves are light green. Has the wide leaves of okuboi and other Semiarundinarias, wider than fastuosa | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria yamadori 'Brimscomb' |
25.00 | 1.25 | 0 | 5 | Yellowish light green color tones. The young leaves are yellow with green striping; the color fades to green with age. | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria yashadake |
25.00 | 1.50 | 0 | 5 | Similar to S. fastuosa except with broader leaves and long hairs at the base of the culm leaf sheaths. | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria yashadake 'Kimmei' |
25.00 | 1.50 | 5 | 5 | The culms are yellow with green grooves; leaves are yellow striped. | Sources | MORE |
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| Semiarundinaria yashadake 'kimmei inversa' |
15.00 | 1.00 | 5 | 5 | Like Semiarundinaria yashadake Kimmei ,but redish to green culms with yellow sulcus | 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 chinensis |
2.00 | 0.10 | -5 | 3 | Similar but smaller than S. kumasaca, it may also be hardier. Shows less leaf burn under alkaline conditions. | Sources | MORE |
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| 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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| Shibataea kumasaca 'Albostriata' |
7.00 | 0.30 | -5 | 3 | Similar, but with white striped leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Shibataea kumasaca 'Aureostriata' |
7.00 | 0.30 | -5 | 3 | Similar, but has gold stripes on the young leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Shibataea lancifolia |
7.00 | 0.30 | 0 | 3 | The leaves are longer and narrower than on others of the genus. | Sources | MORE |
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| Shibataea nanpingensis |
5.50 | 0.20 | U | U | Culm sheaths pale green, densely deciduously white pubescent especially toward base. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sinobambusa | Running bamboos similar to Semiarundinaria except that the culm leaves promptly fall off. | ||||||||
| Sinobambusa gigantea |
55.00 | 4.00 | 10 | U | Spectacular shoots with a ring of long purple hairs around the nodes. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sinobambusa intermedia |
16.00 | 1.00 | 10 | 4 | Culm internodes up to 2 feet long, rough to the touch. May be a Semiarundinaria species. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sinobambusa tootsik |
30.00 | 1.50 | 10 | 4 | A vigorous growing runner with straight, erect culms. | Sources | MORE |
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| Sinobambusa tootsik 'Albostriata' |
30.00 | 1.50 | 10 | 4 | Similar to the type, but with yellowish white striped leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Thamnocalamus | Clumping bamboos from the mountains of eastern Asia and Africa, similar to Fargesia. | ||||||||
| Thamnocalamus crassinodus |
18.00 | 0.80 | U | U | From Nepal and Tibet. Culm nodes swollen, branching very strong, some clones with small leaves. No auricles. | Fargesia crassinodus | Sources | MORE |
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| Thamnocalamus crassinodus 'Aristatus hort. US' |
12.00 | 0.50 | 10 | 3 | US Plants grown as T. aristatus seem to be cultivars of T. crassinodus. T. aristatus is a synonym of T. spathiflorus. | Sources | MORE |
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| Thamnocalamus crassinodus 'Kew Beauty' |
15.00 | 0.75 | 15 | 3 | very small leaves on blue-grey canes which become red or brown with age. | Sources | MORE |
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| Thamnocalamus crassinodus 'Mendocino' |
18.00 | 0.80 | 10 | 3 | Large very droopy blue-green leaves adorn blue culms with darker knobby nodes. Shoots purple. | Fargesia crassinodus | Sources | MORE |
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| Thamnocalamus crassinodus 'Merlyn' |
25.00 | 1.00 | 5 | U | Tallest and hardiest of several clones. | Sources | MORE |
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| Thamnocalamus nepalensis 'Nyalam' |
8.00 | 0.50 | 5 | U | From Tibet. Short, upright and hardy. No oral setae. Broad pendulous leaves. | Sources | MORE |
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| Thamnocalamus spathiflorus |
16.00 | 0.80 | 15 | 3 | From the E Himalayas. Culms become very red. Foliage leaves with prominent oral setae. Less hardy. | Sources | MORE |
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| Thamnocalamus spathiflorus aff. 'Shivapuri' |
U | U | 0 | U | Sources | MORE |
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| Thyrsostachys | A genus of moderate size, tropical clumping bamboos with rather small leaves and persistent culm sheaths. | ||||||||
| Thyrsostachys oliveri |
40.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | Similar to T. siamensis, possibly larger. The plant at Quail Gardens has grown very rapidly. | Sources | MORE |
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| Thyrsostachys siamensis |
MONASTERY BAMBOO | 40.00 | 3.00 | 25 | 5 | One of the most graceful bamboos known. Culm walls very thick, almost solid. Sheath persistent. In monasteries in Thailand. | Sources | MORE |
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| Vietnamosasa | Vietnamosasa clumping bamboos found in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. | ||||||||
| Vietnamosasa ciliata |
Pai Chote | 6.50 | U | U | U | A small bamboo that withstands annual burning and drought. Has long, thin, light-green leaves | Sources | MORE |
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| Vietnamosasa pusilla |
Pai Pek | 1.20 | U | U | U | A beautiful, small sized bamboo which is very drought tolerant. Has a very deep root system | Sources | MORE |
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| Yushania | A large group of spreading thornless frost-hardy bamboos from Taiwan, the Himalayas and Africa. Rhizomes pachymorph, often with long rootless necks, but also tillering, so forming spreading thickets. | ||||||||
| Yushania anceps |
12.00 | 0.50 | 10 | 3 | One of the beautiful mountain bamboos from the Himalayas of India. | Arundinaria anceps | Sources | MORE |
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| Yushania anceps 'Pitt White' |
25.00 | 0.50 | 10 | 3 | May grow taller than the species. Narrow leaves, weeping. A clone from Britain. | Sources | MORE |
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| Yushania boliana |
24.00 | 2.00 | 10 | 3 | Pale blue culms, reaches large size quickly. From Sichuan, via Fuji Bamboo Gardens in Japan. Culms well spaced in warmer climates. | Borinda boliana | Sources | MORE |
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| Yushania brevipaniculata |
6.00 | 0.40 | -4 | 3 | Previously known as Y. chungii. Very large auricles. Found at altitudes of 2.5-3.8 km in western Sichuan, China. | Sources | MORE |
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| Yushania brevipaniculata 'Wolong' |
6.00 | 0.25 | -4 | 3 | As species but shorter with thin arching culms & long narrow foliage. | Sources | MORE |
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| Yushania exilis |
6.00 | 0.40 | -4 | 3 | Previously known as Y. chungii aff. Slender, elegant plant. | Sources | MORE |
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| Yushania lu |
U | U | -18 | U | An ornamental hardy Yushania species collecting from Himalaya high mountain area. Used for hedge plants. | Sources | MORE |
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| Yushania maculata |
10.00 | 0.60 | U | 3 | From Yunnan and Sichuan. Grows in pine forests at elevation 1.8-3.5 km. Young culms have fine striae. | Sources | MORE |
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| Yushania maling |
20.00 | 1.00 | 0 | 4 | The most common spreading bamboo in E Nepal. Long solid rhizome necks. Rough internodes on new culms. | Arundinaria maling | Sources | MORE |
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