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Common Name |
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Description |
Synonym |
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| Clumper/Runner |
| Bashania | Genus of medium size Chinese running bamboos. |
Bashania
fargesii |
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20.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
4 |
Native to the mountains of China. Leaves up to a foot long. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
| 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
albocerea |
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20.00 |
1.00 |
15 |
3 |
4 clones introduced, Yunnan 1/95; 2/95; 3a/95; 3b/95. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Borinda
angustissima |
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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 |
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| Clumper |
Borinda
fungosa |
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20.00 |
1.00 |
20 |
3 |
Yunnan, from 6,000 to 9,000 feet. Shoots sweet, culms used for weaving. |
Fargesia fungosa |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
| Chimonobambusa | 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 an |
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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Chimonobambusa
marmorea 'Variegata' |
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6.00 |
0.50 |
16 |
3 |
Same, except the leaves have narrow white stripes. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Chimonobambusa
quadrangularis 'Suow' |
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25.00 |
0.50 |
15 |
4 |
Culms are yellow with a few green stripes of varying width. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
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 |
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| Runner |
| 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
culeou |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| 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
adpressa |
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18.00 |
1.30 |
0 |
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 |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
apircirubens |
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 |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
denudata |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
dracocephala 'Rufa' |
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10.00 |
0.50 |
0 |
2 |
From Sichuan. Early shoots. Also known as Gansu 95-1. Close to the description of the real F. dracocephala. |
Fargesia sp. 'rufa' |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
murieliae |
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15.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
Clone introduced by Wilson in 1907 set seed in 1980s & 90s and died. Seedling variants are available under many cultivar names. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
murieliae 'SABE 939' |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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 |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
nitida 'Jiuzhaigou' |
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12.00 |
0.50 |
-15 |
2 |
New introductions. Several new seedling clones from Jiuzhaigou Reserve. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
robusta |
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16.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
4 |
From Sichuan Province, China, at elevations over 8,000 feet.Early shoots. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
robusta 'Campbell' |
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12.00 |
U |
0 |
U |
Upright form with small leaves |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Fargesia
robusta 'Wolong' |
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17.00 |
1.00 |
0 |
4 |
Collected in Wolong, Sichuan in 1996. More vigorous, with larger leaves. Bamboo 23: 16. 2002. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| 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 'Shiroshima' |
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16.00 |
1.30 |
3 |
4 |
This form has strikingly attractive leaves variegated in cream and green. The colors persist throughout the year. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
| Indocalamus | Small, running bamboos from China with large, broad leaves; similar to Sasa but with non-prominent culm nodes. |
Indocalamus
sp. 'Solidus' |
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8.00 |
0.40 |
-5 |
3 |
Culms solid, leaves only 8 to 10 inches long. Species not known. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
| Phyllostachys | Medium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid-culm nodes. They shoot in spring. |
Phyllostachys
angusta |
STONE BAMBOO |
22.00 |
1.30 |
-2 |
5 |
Called Stone Bamboo because of the hard texture of its culms which in China are used to make fine bamboo furniture. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
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 |
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| Runner |
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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aurea 'Flavescens-inversa' |
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27.00 |
1.80 |
5 |
5 |
The green culms have a pale yellow groove. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Alata' |
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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'. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' |
|
26.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
Culms are entirely yellow except for a few vertical green stripes. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Harbin Inversa' |
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26.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
Yellow culms with fine green striping, no grooves other than the sulcus. It has a beautiful orange/crimson highlight for a while in the spring when grown in full sun |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Harbin' |
|
26.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
The culms are yellow with multiple green grooves running the length of each internode; rare. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' |
Green groove |
26.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
The culms are yellow with a green groove, just opposite of the typical form. Smaller in hottest areas. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Allgold' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
The culms are entirely golden yellow except for an occasional thin green stripe. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Castillon Inversa' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
This is the complement of the above; culms are green with yellow grooves. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Kawadana' |
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20.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
Culms and foliage leaves have yellow stripes. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Marliac' |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Slender Crookstem' |
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48.00 |
3.00 |
0 |
5 |
Smaller than regular P. bambusoides with culms that often show a marked zigzag of lower internodes. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bambusoides 'Tanakae' |
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U |
U |
5 |
U |
Culms marked with elliptical purplish-brown spots. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bissetii |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
bissetii 'Dwarf' |
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18.00 |
1.00 |
-10 |
5 |
Differs by being smaller, and having whitish patches on the culms; hardier, perhaps. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
dulcis |
Sweetshoot bamboo |
40.00 |
3.20 |
0 |
5 |
Arching culms. Named because its shoots are particularly free of any acrid taste. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
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 |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
glauca |
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34.00 |
2.00 |
0 |
5 |
Named for blue-white powder that completely covers young culms. In China, grows as large as P. bambusoides. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
glauca 'Yunzhu' |
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34.00 |
2.00 |
0 |
5 |
Has purplish-black spots or ovals on the culms. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
iridescens |
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40.00 |
2.80 |
3 |
5 |
Some internodes near base have yellow striping. Sweet shoots, used for timber. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
lithophila |
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U |
U |
8 |
5 |
Like P. makinoi but with paler shoots, smaller culm sheath blades and leaf sheaths with sparse or no oral setae. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
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 |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
meyeri |
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33.00 |
2.00 |
0 |
5 |
Similar in appearance to P. aurea but without the short internodes. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nidularia |
|
33.00 |
1.50 |
5 |
5 |
Distinctive, very prominent culm nodes. The shoots are exceptionally free of acrid taste. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra |
Black bamboo |
30.00 |
2.00 |
5 |
5 |
Culms turn jet black after the first 6 months to one year. Popular because of its graceful habit and the sharp accent of its culm color. Said to grow larger in northern climates. It is not clear whether there is significant difference between some of the cultivars |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Bory' |
Snakeskin |
50.00 |
3.00 |
0 |
5 |
Differs from P. nigra by growing larger. Culms blotched with black, never completely black. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Henon' |
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65.00 |
3.50 |
0 |
5 |
Culms totally green, usually much larger than Black bamboo.Distinctive culms are rough to the touch and whitish green. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Megurochiku' |
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54.00 |
3.50 |
3 |
5 |
Green, similar to 'Henon' but the culm grooves are brown or purplish-black. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Shimadake' |
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54.00 |
3.50 |
0 |
5 |
Similar to Henon but with occasional brown vertical stripes on the culm after the first year. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nuda |
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34.00 |
1.80 |
-10 |
5 |
Reputed to be the hardiest species of the genus. New culms are dark green and powdery. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nuda 'Localis' |
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34.00 |
1.80 |
-10 |
5 |
Similar, internodes near the base are blotched, spotted, or striped purple. Blotches show at 6 -12 months. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
platyglossa |
|
26.00 |
1.50 |
0 |
5 |
Mature culms have long internodes. Grown for its shoots in China. Timber inferior. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
stimulosa |
|
25.00 |
1.50 |
-5 |
5 |
Prominent nodes. Native to Zhejiang Province, China. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
violascens |
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20.00 |
2.00 |
0 |
5 |
Culms blackish-violet at first, sometimes striped with violet. Sheaths deep purple. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
vivax |
Vivax |
70.00 |
5.00 |
5 |
5 |
Resembles P. bambusoides except that the culms have thinner walls and a white powdery band beneath each node at sheath-fall. Gray-green when mature. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
vivax 'Aureocaulis' |
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70.00 |
5.00 |
5 |
5 |
The culms turn yellow with a few narrow green stripes. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
| Pleioblastus | Genus of small and medium size running bamboos with persistent culm leaves. Most are native to Japan, were formerly classified in Arundinaria. |
Pleioblastus
chino 'Murakamiansus' |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Pleioblastus
chino 'Vaginatus Variegatus' |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Pleioblastus
shibuyanus 'Tsuboi' |
UEDA-ZASA |
9.00 |
0.30 |
-5 |
3 |
A vigorous growing dwarf with rather small, white striped leaves. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
| 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
yashadake 'Kimmei' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
5 |
5 |
The culms are yellow with green grooves; leaves are yellow striped. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
| 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.
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Fargesia crassinodus |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Thamnocalamus
crassinodus 'Aristatus hort. US' |
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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.
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Thamnocalamus
crassinodus 'Merlyn' |
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25.00 |
1.00 |
5 |
U |
Tallest and hardiest of several clones.
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| 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
boliana |
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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 |
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| Open Clumper |