Bamboo Species
We've listed our species below by the following criteria. A downloadable PDF of our species list is also available.
By Height
| Common Name: | Malay Dwarf |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa glaucophylla | |
| Height: | 12-15' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1" solid | |
| Culm Color: | Green/gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Variegated green and white creates lighter green | |
| Shape: | Erect and bushy | |
| Plant Uses: | Excellent privacy hedge, windbreak, and ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Garden stakes | |
| Shoots: | Too small | |
| Growing Conditions: | Rugged, can handle wind, salt, drought, and wet | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Malaysia | |
| Defining features: | Bushy to ground, creates impenetrable hedge, plant 5 to 10 feet apart | |
| Price/Availability: | $18 for 1 gallon container $25 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $40 for 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Mexican Weeping |
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| Scientific Name: | Otatea acuminata aztecorum | |
| Height: | 20' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1" solid canes | |
| Culm Color: | Dark red/purple/black | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Long thin wispy leaves | |
| Shape: | Irregular fountain shape, open clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Solid culms, very strong, used in bamboo bicycles | |
| Shoots: | Very small | |
| Growing Conditions: | Likes higher elevations best | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Mexico | |
| Defining features: | Unique bamboo look and excellent stand alone species for the botanical collection | |
| Price/Availability: | $45 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $65 for 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Wamin, Lumpy Noodle |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin' | |
| Height: | 16-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3" | |
| Culm Color: | Green | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Large green | |
| Shape: | Boxy, distinctive bulge in culms | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible but bitter | |
| Growing Conditions: | Grows tallest at higher altitudes, at lower altitudes will remain shorter | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Unknown | |
| Defining features: | Can be an impenetrable hedging bamboo as it gets thick with branches from the ground up, very hardy | |
| Price/Availability: | $25 for 2 gallon container $45 for 5 gallon container, call for availability in other sizes |
| Common Name: | Alphonse karr |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' | |
| Height: | 20-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1" | |
| Culm Color: | Gold with green stripes, new shoots have beautiful pink blush that fades with age | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Small | |
| Shape: | Natural fountain which can be easily pruned | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Strong thin canes | |
| Shoots: | Edible but very small | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy plant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | China | |
| Defining features: | Versatile styling with fountain shape that can be pruned to reveal golden culms | |
| Price/Availability: | $20 for the 5 gallon container $40 for 7 gallon container, call for larger size pricing and quantity discounts |
| Common Name: | Minor amoenus |
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| Scientific Name: | Dendrocalamus minor var. amoenus | |
| Height: | 25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | Vivid green with dark green stripes and a white powdery finish | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Large dark green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Very erect, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | not applicable | |
| Shoots: | not applicable | |
| Growing Conditions: | Normal bamboo hardiness | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Leaves tend to shred in high winds; not recommended for windy sites | |
| Origin: | Indonesia | |
| Defining features: | Exceptional color and exotic look with large leaf; the giant timber bamboo look of the Dendrocalamus genus in a small size and great for a small site | |
| Price/Availability: | $75 for 5 gallon container, call for other sizes |
| Common Name: | Graceful Weavers, Gracilis |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa textilis var. gracilis | |
| Height: | 20-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1-1 1/4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green-turning golden | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Small, delicate, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Slight weeping form, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Excellent privacy hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Weaving crafts | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy: cold, wind, wet, drought and salt tolerant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Subtropical China | |
| Defining features: | Easy maintenance, makes a perfect hedge | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $75 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Doli |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Greenstripe' | |
| Height: | 25-30' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | Vivid light green with occasional dark green striping | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Wide, flat, medium green | |
| Shape: | Vase | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | not applicable | |
| Shoots: | not applicable | |
| Growing Conditions: | Vigorous, drought hardy | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Taiwan | |
| Defining features: | Multi-colored culms from light greenish yellow to dark green with stripes of varying shades of green, very dramatic in the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $40 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $60 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | White Bamboo |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa chungii | |
| Height: | 30' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | White to gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Medium sized, light green | |
| Shape: | Erect form, leafless lower 10' | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Thin walled culms, weaving handicrafts | |
| Shoots: | not applicable | |
| Growing Conditions: | Normal bamboo hardiness | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | China | |
| Defining features: | Spectacular white accent color | |
| Price/Availability: | $38 for the 2 gallon container $75 for 5 gallon container, call for other sizes |
| Common Name: | Textilis |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa textilis | |
| Height: | 40' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | Blueish to green to gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Graceful medium green leaves | |
| Shape: | Very erect tight clumper, exposed lower culms | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Handicraft, flutes and furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, especially salt, drought, and cold tolerant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | China | |
| Defining features: | Sometimes called blue bamboo for the powdery blue cast to the mature culms, striking in the landscape and a great windbreak species | |
| Price/Availability: | $30 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $50 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Sacred Bali |
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| Scientific Name: | Schizostachyum brachycladum | |
| Height: | 40' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3" | |
| Culm Color: | Bright buttery yellow | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Broad dark green leaves fanning out | |
| Shape: | Erect and vertical | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, collector's favorite | |
| Culm Uses: | Thin walled culms used for flutes | |
| Shoots: | Edible if starving | |
| Growing Conditions: | Delicate, can be grown in a pot | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Does not like strong wind | |
| Origin: | SE Asia | |
| Defining features: | Very dramatic, makes an excellent plant to show off in the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for the 2 gallon $10 for the 5 gallon container, call for details |
| Common Name: | Black Bamboo, Atro |
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| Scientific Name: | Gigantochloa atroviolacea | |
| Height: | 55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning dark black, occasional green striping | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Large, broad, dark green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Tall with a slight 'V' profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, large hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Exceptional black timber | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, handles wind, wet, drought | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Java | |
| Defining features: | Majestic plant with royal color, poles maintain their color after curing | |
| Price/Availability: | $37.50 for the 1 gallon container $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes |
| Common Name: | Nastus, Sweet Shoot |
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| Scientific Name: | Nastus elatus | |
| Height: | 50-65' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Long, narrow, light green, hanging | |
| Shape: | Feathering overflow with a 'W' profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Best shoots available, may be eaten raw | |
| Culm Uses: | not applicable | |
| Shoots: | Exceptionally good | |
| Growing Conditions: | Fast growing and salt tolerant, requires good drainage | |
| Wind Tolerance: | The thin walled culms can blow over in the wind quite easily | |
| Origin: | New Guinea | |
| Defining features: | Raw edible shoots, weeping willow leaves, and blue florescent shoots | |
| Price/Availability: | $22 for the 1 gallon container $30 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $50 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Oldhamii, Giant Timber, Sweet Shoot |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa oldhamii | |
| Height: | 50-55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Dark green, broad leaf, long flat hand | |
| Shape: | Very straight and erect, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Perfect large hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Good Timber | |
| Shoots: | Excellent quality and maybe eaten raw if well mulched and not allowed to see sunlight | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, tolerates wind, wet, drought, and salt | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Great | |
| Origin: | Southern China | |
| Defining features: | Ideal all-around green hedge, providing good timber and great shoots | |
| Price/Availability: | $18 for the 1 gallon container $25 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $45 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Hirose |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa sp. 'Hirose' | |
| Height: | 50-55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Dark green, broad leaf, long flat hand | |
| Shape: | Very straight and erect, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Perfect large hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Exceptional Timber | |
| Shoots: | Excellent quality and maybe eaten raw if well mulched and not allowed to see sunlight | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, tolerates wind, wet, drought, and salt | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Great | |
| Origin: | Southern China | |
| Defining features: | Ideal all-around green hedge, providing exceptional timber and great shoots, Oldhamii look-alike | |
| Price/Availability: | $18 for the 1 gallon container $25 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $45 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Lako, Timor Black |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa lako | |
| Height: | 50-60' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3.5" | |
| Culm Color: | Initial green turns chocolate black with occasional green stripes | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Medium green, long, thin, hanging | |
| Shape: | Very erect and tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, large hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Black timber, furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Loves rich moist soil | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Timor Islands | |
| Defining features: | Shiny chocolate brown culms with occasional green stripes; a gorgeous plant | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $100 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Guadua |
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| Scientific Name: | Guadua angustafolia | |
| Height: | 85' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 6-8" | |
| Culm Color: | Green with distinctive white bands on the internodes | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Medium sized, lighter green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Straight up, very erect, open clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Erosion control, plantation timber | |
| Culm Uses: | Medium sized, lighter green, flat hand | |
| Shoots: | Timber, furniture making | |
| Growing Conditions: | Very hardy, handles rocky terrain, marginal soil, and excellent for erosion control | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Susceptible to blowing over in high winds | |
| Origin: | South America | |
| Defining features: | White bands on nodes (not internodes) and can be very thorny with lots of sharp lethal thorns on branches and culms; Recommended cultivar of angustafolia is lessthorniensis | |
| Price/Availability: | $15 for the 1 gallon container, call for details $30 for the 2 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Hitam |
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| Scientific Name: | Dendrocalumus asper 'Hitam' | |
| Height: | 100' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 8-11" | |
| Culm Color: | Black | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Broad, dark green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Slight vase profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Extraordinary specimen, collectors favorite | |
| Culm Uses: | Black timber, furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy and vigorous and needs lots of space; this is a big plant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Central Java | |
| Defining features: | Rare, largest black bamboo, dramatic addition to the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $75 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $150 for the 5 gallon container |
By Use:
Hedge:
| Common Name: | Malay Dwarf |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa glaucophylla | |
| Height: | 12-15' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1" solid | |
| Culm Color: | Green/gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Variegated green and white creates lighter green | |
| Shape: | Erect and bushy | |
| Plant Uses: | Excellent privacy hedge, windbreak, and ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Garden stakes | |
| Shoots: | Too small | |
| Growing Conditions: | Rugged, can handle wind, salt, drought, and wet | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Malaysia | |
| Defining features: | Bushy to ground, creates impenetrable hedge, plant 5 to 10 feet apart | |
| Price/Availability: | $18 for 1 gallon container $25 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $40 for 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Mexican Weeping |
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| Scientific Name: | Otatea acuminata aztecorum | |
| Height: | 20' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1" solid canes | |
| Culm Color: | Dark red/purple/black | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Long thin wispy leaves | |
| Shape: | Irregular fountain shape, open clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Solid culms, very strong, used in bamboo bicycles | |
| Shoots: | Very small | |
| Growing Conditions: | Likes higher elevations best | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Mexico | |
| Defining features: | Unique bamboo look and excellent stand alone species for the botanical collection | |
| Price/Availability: | $45 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $65 for 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Wamin, Lumpy Noodle |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin' | |
| Height: | 16-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3" | |
| Culm Color: | Green | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Large green | |
| Shape: | Boxy, distinctive bulge in culms | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible but bitter | |
| Growing Conditions: | Grows tallest at higher altitudes, at lower altitudes will remain shorter | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Unknown | |
| Defining features: | Can be an impenetrable hedging bamboo as it gets thick with branches from the ground up, very hardy | |
| Price/Availability: | $25 for 2 gallon container $45 for 5 gallon container, call for availability in other sizes |
| Common Name: | Alphonse karr |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' | |
| Height: | 20-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1" | |
| Culm Color: | Gold with green stripes, new shoots have beautiful pink blush that fades with age | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Small | |
| Shape: | Natural fountain which can be easily pruned | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Strong thin canes | |
| Shoots: | Edible but very small | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy plant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | China | |
| Defining features: | Versatile styling with fountain shape that can be pruned to reveal golden culms | |
| Price/Availability: | $20 for the 5 gallon container $40 for 7 gallon container, call for larger size pricing and quantity discounts |
| Common Name: | Minor amoenus |
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| Scientific Name: | Dendrocalamus minor var. amoenus | |
| Height: | 25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | Vivid green with dark green stripes and a white powdery finish | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Large dark green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Very erect, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | not applicable | |
| Shoots: | not applicable | |
| Growing Conditions: | Normal bamboo hardiness | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Leaves tend to shred in high winds; not recommended for windy sites | |
| Origin: | Indonesia | |
| Defining features: | Exceptional color and exotic look with large leaf; the giant timber bamboo look of the Dendrocalamus genus in a small size and great for a small site | |
| Price/Availability: | $75 for 5 gallon container, call for other sizes |
| Common Name: | Graceful Weavers, Gracilis |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa textilis var. gracilis | |
| Height: | 20-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1-1 1/4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green-turning golden | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Small, delicate, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Slight weeping form, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Excellent privacy hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Weaving crafts | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy: cold, wind, wet, drought and salt tolerant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Subtropical China | |
| Defining features: | Easy maintenance, makes a perfect hedge | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $75 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Doli |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Greenstripe' | |
| Height: | 25-30' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | Vivid light green with occasional dark green striping | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Wide, flat, medium green | |
| Shape: | Vase | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | not applicable | |
| Shoots: | not applicable | |
| Growing Conditions: | Vigorous, drought hardy | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Taiwan | |
| Defining features: | Multi-colored culms from light greenish yellow to dark green with stripes of varying shades of green, very dramatic in the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $40 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $60 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | White Bamboo |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa chungii | |
| Height: | 30' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | White to gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Medium sized, light green | |
| Shape: | Erect form, leafless lower 10' | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Thin walled culms, weaving handicrafts | |
| Shoots: | not applicable | |
| Growing Conditions: | Normal bamboo hardiness | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | China | |
| Defining features: | Spectacular white accent color | |
| Price/Availability: | $38 for the 2 gallon container $75 for 5 gallon container, call for other sizes |
| Common Name: | Textilis |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa textilis | |
| Height: | 40' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | Blueish to green to gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Graceful medium green leaves | |
| Shape: | Very erect tight clumper, exposed lower culms | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Handicraft, flutes and furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, especially salt, drought, and cold tolerant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | China | |
| Defining features: | Sometimes called blue bamboo for the powdery blue cast to the mature culms, striking in the landscape and a great windbreak species | |
| Price/Availability: | $30 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $50 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Sacred Bali |
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| Scientific Name: | Schizostachyum brachycladum | |
| Height: | 40' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3" | |
| Culm Color: | Bright buttery yellow | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Broad dark green leaves fanning out | |
| Shape: | Erect and vertical | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, collector's favorite | |
| Culm Uses: | Thin walled culms used for flutes | |
| Shoots: | Edible if starving | |
| Growing Conditions: | Delicate, can be grown in a pot | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Does not like strong wind | |
| Origin: | SE Asia | |
| Defining features: | Very dramatic, makes an excellent plant to show off in the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for the 2 gallon $10 for the 5 gallon container, call for details |
| Common Name: | Black Bamboo, Atro |
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| Scientific Name: | Gigantochloa atroviolacea | |
| Height: | 55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning dark black, occasional green striping | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Large, broad, dark green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Tall with a slight 'V' profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, large hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Exceptional black timber | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, handles wind, wet, drought | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Java | |
| Defining features: | Majestic plant with royal color, poles maintain their color after curing | |
| Price/Availability: | $37.50 for the 1 gallon container $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes |
| Common Name: | Nastus, Sweet Shoot |
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| Scientific Name: | Nastus elatus | |
| Height: | 50-65' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Long, narrow, light green, hanging | |
| Shape: | Feathering overflow with a 'W' profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Best shoots available, may be eaten raw | |
| Culm Uses: | not applicable | |
| Shoots: | Exceptionally good | |
| Growing Conditions: | Fast growing and salt tolerant, requires good drainage | |
| Wind Tolerance: | The thin walled culms can blow over in the wind quite easily | |
| Origin: | New Guinea | |
| Defining features: | Raw edible shoots, weeping willow leaves, and blue florescent shoots | |
| Price/Availability: | $22 for the 1 gallon container $30 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $50 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Oldhamii, Giant Timber, Sweet Shoot |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa oldhamii | |
| Height: | 50-55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Dark green, broad leaf, long flat hand | |
| Shape: | Very straight and erect, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Perfect large hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Good Timber | |
| Shoots: | Excellent quality and maybe eaten raw if well mulched and not allowed to see sunlight | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, tolerates wind, wet, drought, and salt | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Great | |
| Origin: | Southern China | |
| Defining features: | Ideal all-around green hedge, providing good timber and great shoots | |
| Price/Availability: | $18 for the 1 gallon container $25 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $45 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Hirose |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa sp. 'Hirose' | |
| Height: | 50-55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Dark green, broad leaf, long flat hand | |
| Shape: | Very straight and erect, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Perfect large hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Exceptional Timber | |
| Shoots: | Excellent quality and maybe eaten raw if well mulched and not allowed to see sunlight | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, tolerates wind, wet, drought, and salt | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Great | |
| Origin: | Southern China | |
| Defining features: | Ideal all-around green hedge, providing exceptional timber and great shoots, Oldhamii look-alike | |
| Price/Availability: | $18 for the 1 gallon container $25 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $45 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Lako, Timor Black |
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| Scientific Name: | Bambusa lako | |
| Height: | 50-60' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3.5" | |
| Culm Color: | Initial green turns chocolate black with occasional green stripes | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Medium green, long, thin, hanging | |
| Shape: | Very erect and tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, large hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Black timber, furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Loves rich moist soil | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Timor Islands | |
| Defining features: | Shiny chocolate brown culms with occasional green stripes; a gorgeous plant | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $100 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Guadua |
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| Scientific Name: | Guadua angustafolia | |
| Height: | 85' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 6-8" | |
| Culm Color: | Green with distinctive white bands on the internodes | |
| Leaf Pattern: | medium sized, lighter green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Straight up, very erect, open clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Erosion control, plantation timber | |
| Culm Uses: | Medium sized, lighter green, flat hand | |
| Shoots: | Timber, furniture making | |
| Growing Conditions: | Very hardy, handles rocky terrain, marginal soil, and excellent for erosion control | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Susceptible to blowing over in high winds | |
| Origin: | South America | |
| Defining features: | White bands on nodes (not internodes) and can be very thorny with lots of sharp lethal thorns on branches and culms; Recommended cultivar of angustafolia is lessthorniensis | |
| Price/Availability: | $15 for the 1 gallon container, call for details $30 for the 2 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Hitam |
|
| Scientific Name: | Dendrocalumus asper 'Hitam' | |
| Height: | 100' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 8-11" | |
| Culm Color: | Black | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Broad, dark green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Slight vase profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Extraordinary specimen, collectors favorite | |
| Culm Uses: | Black timber, furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy and vigorous and needs lots of space; this is a big plant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Central Java | |
| Defining features: | Rare, largest black bamboo, dramatic addition to the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $75 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $150 for the 5 gallon container |
Building:
| Common Name: | Guadua |
|
| Scientific Name: | Guadua angustafolia | |
| Height: | 85' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 6-8" | |
| Culm Color: | Green with distinctive white bands on the internodes | |
| Leaf Pattern: | medium sized, lighter green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Straight up, very erect, open clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Erosion control, plantation timber | |
| Culm Uses: | Medium sized, lighter green, flat hand | |
| Shoots: | Timber, furniture making | |
| Growing Conditions: | Very hardy, handles rocky terrain, marginal soil, and excellent for erosion control | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Susceptible to blowing over in high winds | |
| Origin: | South America | |
| Defining features: | White bands on nodes (not internodes) and can be very thorny with lots of sharp lethal thorns on branches and culms; Recommended cultivar of angustafolia is lessthorniensis | |
| Price/Availability: | $15 for the 1 gallon container, call for details $30 for the 2 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Hirose |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa sp. 'Hirose' | |
| Height: | 50-55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Dark green, broad leaf, long flat hand | |
| Shape: | Very straight and erect, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Perfect large hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Exceptional Timber | |
| Shoots: | Excellent quality and maybe eaten raw if well mulched and not allowed to see sunlight | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, tolerates wind, wet, drought, and salt | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Great | |
| Origin: | Southern China | |
| Defining features: | Ideal all-around green hedge, providing exceptional timber and great shoots, Oldhamii look-alike | |
| Price/Availability: | $18 for the 1 gallon container $25 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $45 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Oldhamii, Giant Timber, Sweet Shoot |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa oldhamii | |
| Height: | 50-55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Dark green, broad leaf, long flat hand | |
| Shape: | Very straight and erect, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Perfect large hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Good Timber | |
| Shoots: | Excellent quality and maybe eaten raw if well mulched and not allowed to see sunlight | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, tolerates wind, wet, drought, and salt | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Great | |
| Origin: | Southern China | |
| Defining features: | Ideal all-around green hedge, providing good timber and great shoots | |
| Price/Availability: | $18 for the 1 gallon container $25 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $45 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Black Bamboo, Atro |
|
| Scientific Name: | Gigantochloa atroviolacea | |
| Height: | 55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning dark black, occasional green striping | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Large, broad, dark green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Tall with a slight 'V' profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, large hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Exceptional black timber | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, handles wind, wet, drought | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Java | |
| Defining features: | Majestic plant with royal color, poles maintain their color after curing | |
| Price/Availability: | $37.50 for the 1 gallon container $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes |
| Common Name: | Lako, Timor Black |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa lako | |
| Height: | 50-60' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3.5" | |
| Culm Color: | Initial green turns chocolate black with occasional green stripes | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Medium green, long, thin, hanging | |
| Shape: | Very erect and tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, large hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Black timber, furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Loves rich moist soil | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Timor Islands | |
| Defining features: | Shiny chocolate brown culms with occasional green stripes; a gorgeous plant | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $100 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Hitam |
|
| Scientific Name: | Dendrocalumus asper 'Hitam' | |
| Height: | 100' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 8-11" | |
| Culm Color: | Black | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Broad, dark green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Slight vase profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Extraordinary specimen, collectors favorite | |
| Culm Uses: | Black timber, furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy and vigorous and needs lots of space; this is a big plant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Central Java | |
| Defining features: | Rare, largest black bamboo, dramatic addition to the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $75 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $150 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Wamin, Lumpy Noodle |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin' | |
| Height: | 16-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3" | |
| Culm Color: | Green | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Large green | |
| Shape: | Boxy, distinctive bulge in culms | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible but bitter | |
| Growing Conditions: | Grows tallest at higher altitudes, at lower altitudes will remain shorter | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Unknown | |
| Defining features: | Can be an impenetrable hedging bamboo as it gets thick with branches from the ground up, very hardy | |
| Price/Availability: | $25 for 2 gallon container $45 for 5 gallon container, call for availability in other sizes |
Crafts:
| Common Name: | Malay Dwarf |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa glaucophylla | |
| Height: | 12-15' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1" solid | |
| Culm Color: | Green/gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Variegated green and white creates lighter green | |
| Shape: | Erect and bushy | |
| Plant Uses: | Excellent privacy hedge, windbreak, and ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Garden stakes | |
| Shoots: | Too small | |
| Growing Conditions: | Rugged, can handle wind, salt, drought, and wet | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Malaysia | |
| Defining features: | Bushy to ground, creates impenetrable hedge, plant 5 to 10 feet apart | |
| Price/Availability: | $18 for 1 gallon container $25 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $40 for 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Mexican Weeping |
|
| Scientific Name: | Otatea acuminata aztecorum | |
| Height: | 20' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1" solid canes | |
| Culm Color: | Dark red/purple/black | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Long thin wispy leaves | |
| Shape: | Irregular fountain shape, open clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Solid culms, very strong, used in bamboo bicycles | |
| Shoots: | Very small | |
| Growing Conditions: | Likes higher elevations best | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Mexico | |
| Defining features: | Unique bamboo look and excellent stand alone species for the botanical collection | |
| Price/Availability: | $45 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $65 for 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Wamin, Lumpy Noodle |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin' | |
| Height: | 16-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3" | |
| Culm Color: | Green | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Large green | |
| Shape: | Boxy, distinctive bulge in culms | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible but bitter | |
| Growing Conditions: | Grows tallest at higher altitudes, at lower altitudes will remain shorter | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Unknown | |
| Defining features: | Can be an impenetrable hedging bamboo as it gets thick with branches from the ground up, very hardy | |
| Price/Availability: | $25 for 2 gallon container $45 for 5 gallon container, call for availability in other sizes |
| Common Name: | Alphonse karr |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' | |
| Height: | 20-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1" | |
| Culm Color: | Gold with green stripes, new shoots have beautiful pink blush that fades with age | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Small | |
| Shape: | Natural fountain which can be easily pruned | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Strong thin canes | |
| Shoots: | Edible but very small | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy plant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | China | |
| Defining features: | Versatile styling with fountain shape that can be pruned to reveal golden culms | |
| Price/Availability: | $20 for the 5 gallon container $40 for 7 gallon container, call for larger size pricing and quantity discounts |
| Common Name: | Graceful Weavers, Gracilis |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa textilis var. gracilis | |
| Height: | 20-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1-1 1/4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green-turning golden | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Small, delicate, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Slight weeping form, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Excellent privacy hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Weaving crafts | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy: cold, wind, wet, drought and salt tolerant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Subtropical China | |
| Defining features: | Easy maintenance, makes a perfect hedge | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $75 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Doli |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Greenstripe' | |
| Height: | 25-30' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | Vivid light green with occasional dark green striping | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Wide, flat, medium green | |
| Shape: | Vase | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | not applicable | |
| Shoots: | not applicable | |
| Growing Conditions: | Vigorous, drought hardy | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Taiwan | |
| Defining features: | Multi-colored culms from light greenish yellow to dark green with stripes of varying shades of green, very dramatic in the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $40 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $60 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | White Bamboo |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa chungii | |
| Height: | 30' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | White to gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Medium sized, light green | |
| Shape: | Erect form, leafless lower 10' | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Thin walled culms, weaving handicrafts | |
| Shoots: | not applicable | |
| Growing Conditions: | Normal bamboo hardiness | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | China | |
| Defining features: | Spectacular white accent color | |
| Price/Availability: | $38 for the 2 gallon container $75 for 5 gallon container, call for other sizes |
| Common Name: | Textilis |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa textilis | |
| Height: | 40' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | Blueish to green to gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Graceful medium green leaves | |
| Shape: | Very erect tight clumper, exposed lower culms | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Handicraft, flutes and furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, especially salt, drought, and cold tolerant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | China | |
| Defining features: | Sometimes called blue bamboo for the powdery blue cast to the mature culms, striking in the landscape and a great windbreak species | |
| Price/Availability: | $30 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $50 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Sacred Bali |
|
| Scientific Name: | Schizostachyum brachycladum | |
| Height: | 40' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3" | |
| Culm Color: | Bright buttery yellow | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Broad dark green leaves fanning out | |
| Shape: | Erect and vertical | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, collector's favorite | |
| Culm Uses: | Thin walled culms used for flutes | |
| Shoots: | Edible if starving | |
| Growing Conditions: | Delicate, can be grown in a pot | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Does not like strong wind | |
| Origin: | SE Asia | |
| Defining features: | Very dramatic, makes an excellent plant to show off in the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for the 2 gallon $10 for the 5 gallon container, call for details |
| Common Name: | Lako, Timor Black |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa lako | |
| Height: | 50-60' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3.5" | |
| Culm Color: | Initial green turns chocolate black with occasional green stripes | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Medium green, long, thin, hanging | |
| Shape: | Very erect and tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, large hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Black timber, furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Loves rich moist soil | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Timor Islands | |
| Defining features: | Shiny chocolate brown culms with occasional green stripes; a gorgeous plant | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $100 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Guadua |
|
| Scientific Name: | Guadua angustafolia | |
| Height: | 85' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 6-8" | |
| Culm Color: | Green with distinctive white bands on the internodes | |
| Leaf Pattern: | medium sized, lighter green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Straight up, very erect, open clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Erosion control, plantation timber | |
| Culm Uses: | Medium sized, lighter green, flat hand | |
| Shoots: | Timber, furniture making | |
| Growing Conditions: | Very hardy, handles rocky terrain, marginal soil, and excellent for erosion control | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Susceptible to blowing over in high winds | |
| Origin: | South America | |
| Defining features: | White bands on nodes (not internodes) and can be very thorny with lots of sharp lethal thorns on branches and culms; Recommended cultivar of angustafolia is lessthorniensis | |
| Price/Availability: | $15 for the 1 gallon container, call for details $30 for the 2 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Hitam |
|
| Scientific Name: | Dendrocalumus asper 'Hitam' | |
| Height: | 100' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 8-11" | |
| Culm Color: | Black | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Broad, dark green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Slight vase profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Extraordinary specimen, collectors favorite | |
| Culm Uses: | Black timber, furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy and vigorous and needs lots of space; this is a big plant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Central Java | |
| Defining features: | Rare, largest black bamboo, dramatic addition to the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $75 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $150 for the 5 gallon container |
Eating:
| Common Name: | Nastus, Sweet Shoot |
|
| Scientific Name: | Nastus elatus | |
| Height: | 50-65' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Long, narrow, light green, hanging | |
| Shape: | Feathering overflow with a 'W' profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Best shoots available, may be eaten raw | |
| Culm Uses: | not applicable | |
| Shoots: | Exceptionally good | |
| Growing Conditions: | Fast growing and salt tolerant, requires good drainage | |
| Wind Tolerance: | The thin walled culms can blow over in the wind quite easily | |
| Origin: | New Guinea | |
| Defining features: | Raw edible shoots, weeping willow leaves, and blue florescent shoots | |
| Price/Availability: | $22 for the 1 gallon container $30 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $50 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Oldhamii, Giant Timber, Sweet Shoot |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa oldhamii | |
| Height: | 50-55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Dark green, broad leaf, long flat hand | |
| Shape: | Very straight and erect, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Perfect large hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Good Timber | |
| Shoots: | Excellent quality and maybe eaten raw if well mulched and not allowed to see sunlight | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, tolerates wind, wet, drought, and salt | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Great | |
| Origin: | Southern China | |
| Defining features: | Ideal all-around green hedge, providing good timber and great shoots | |
| Price/Availability: | $18 for the 1 gallon container $25 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $45 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Hirose |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa sp. 'Hirose' | |
| Height: | 50-55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Dark green, broad leaf, long flat hand | |
| Shape: | Very straight and erect, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Perfect large hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Exceptional Timber | |
| Shoots: | Excellent quality and maybe eaten raw if well mulched and not allowed to see sunlight | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, tolerates wind, wet, drought, and salt | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Great | |
| Origin: | Southern China | |
| Defining features: | Ideal all-around green hedge, providing exceptional timber and great shoots, Oldhamii look-alike | |
| Price/Availability: | $18 for the 1 gallon container $25 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $45 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Graceful Weavers, Gracilis |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa textilis var. gracilis | |
| Height: | 20-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1-1 1/4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green-turning golden | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Small, delicate, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Slight weeping form, tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Excellent privacy hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Weaving crafts | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy: cold, wind, wet, drought and salt tolerant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Subtropical China | |
| Defining features: | Easy maintenance, makes a perfect hedge | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $75 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Textilis |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa textilis | |
| Height: | 40' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 2" | |
| Culm Color: | Blueish to green to gold | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Graceful medium green leaves | |
| Shape: | Very erect tight clumper, exposed lower culms | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Handicraft, flutes and furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, especially salt, drought, and cold tolerant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | China | |
| Defining features: | Sometimes called blue bamboo for the powdery blue cast to the mature culms, striking in the landscape and a great windbreak species | |
| Price/Availability: | $30 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $50 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Black Bamboo, Atro |
|
| Scientific Name: | Gigantochloa atroviolacea | |
| Height: | 55' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 4" | |
| Culm Color: | Green turning dark black, occasional green striping | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Large, broad, dark green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Tall with a slight 'V' profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, large hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Exceptional black timber | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy, handles wind, wet, drought | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Java | |
| Defining features: | Majestic plant with royal color, poles maintain their color after curing | |
| Price/Availability: | $37.50 for the 1 gallon container $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes |
| Common Name: | Lako, Timor Black |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa lako | |
| Height: | 50-60' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3.5" | |
| Culm Color: | Initial green turns chocolate black with occasional green stripes | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Medium green, long, thin, hanging | |
| Shape: | Very erect and tight clumper | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, large hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Black timber, furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Loves rich moist soil | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Timor Islands | |
| Defining features: | Shiny chocolate brown culms with occasional green stripes; a gorgeous plant | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $100 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Hitam |
|
| Scientific Name: | Dendrocalumus asper 'Hitam' | |
| Height: | 100' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 8-11" | |
| Culm Color: | Black | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Broad, dark green, flat hand | |
| Shape: | Slight vase profile | |
| Plant Uses: | Extraordinary specimen, collectors favorite | |
| Culm Uses: | Black timber, furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy and vigorous and needs lots of space; this is a big plant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | Central Java | |
| Defining features: | Rare, largest black bamboo, dramatic addition to the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $75 for 2 gallon container, call for other sizes $150 for the 5 gallon container |
| Common Name: | Alphonse karr |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' | |
| Height: | 20-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 1" | |
| Culm Color: | Gold with green stripes, new shoots have beautiful pink blush that fades with age | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Small | |
| Shape: | Natural fountain which can be easily pruned | |
| Plant Uses: | Privacy hedge, windbreak, ornamental | |
| Culm Uses: | Strong thin canes | |
| Shoots: | Edible but very small | |
| Growing Conditions: | Hardy plant | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Excellent | |
| Origin: | China | |
| Defining features: | Versatile styling with fountain shape that can be pruned to reveal golden culms | |
| Price/Availability: | $20 for the 5 gallon container $40 for 7 gallon container, call for larger size pricing and quantity discounts |
| Common Name: | Wamin, Lumpy Noodle |
|
| Scientific Name: | Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin' | |
| Height: | 16-25' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3" | |
| Culm Color: | Green | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Large green | |
| Shape: | Boxy, distinctive bulge in culms | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, hedge | |
| Culm Uses: | Furniture | |
| Shoots: | Edible but bitter | |
| Growing Conditions: | Grows tallest at higher altitudes, at lower altitudes will remain shorter | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Good | |
| Origin: | Unknown | |
| Defining features: | Can be an impenetrable hedging bamboo as it gets thick with branches from the ground up, very hardy | |
| Price/Availability: | $25 for 2 gallon container $45 for 5 gallon container, call for availability in other sizes |
| Common Name: | Sacred Bali |
|
| Scientific Name: | Schizostachyum brachycladum | |
| Height: | 40' | |
| Culm Diameter: | 3" | |
| Culm Color: | Bright buttery yellow | |
| Leaf Pattern: | Broad dark green leaves fanning out | |
| Shape: | Erect and vertical | |
| Plant Uses: | Ornamental, collector's favorite | |
| Culm Uses: | Thin walled culms used for flutes | |
| Shoots: | Edible if starving | |
| Growing Conditions: | Delicate, can be grown in a pot | |
| Wind Tolerance: | Does not like strong wind | |
| Origin: | SE Asia | |
| Defining features: | Very dramatic, makes an excellent plant to show off in the landscape | |
| Price/Availability: | $50 for the 2 gallon $10 for the 5 gallon container, call for details |
