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aureosulcata
aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis'
aureosulcata 'Harbin'
aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'
bissetii
flexuosa
heteroclada 'Purpurata'
nigra 'Hale'
nuda
rubromarginata
vivax
viridistriatus
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| Company | Contact information | Description |
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| EastWest Bamboo Farm & Gardens 14 Yellow City Road Amenia, NY 12501 U.S.A. |
914-522-8304 Fax:845-373-9020 Anthony Poveromo |
All our bamboo is field grown specimen size here in Amenia, NY (zone 5) in full sun and is dug to order - we have no bamboo in pots. Will install bamboo and maintain bamboo groves. |
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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 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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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| Phyllostachys rubromarginata |
55.00 | 2.80 | -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 | |
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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 | |
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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 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 | |
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