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| Clumper/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
boniopsis |
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15.00 |
1.00 |
28 |
5 |
A small green bamboo from Hainan; a recent import. Narrow leaves. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
chungii |
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33.00 |
2.50 |
21 |
5 |
Culms covered with white powder. Thin walled. Used in papermaking, weaving. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
chungii var. barbelatta |
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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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
eutuldoides 'Viridivittata' |
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25.00 |
1.00 |
21 |
5 |
Yellow culms with varying dark green stripes. New shoots have pink and peach tones. Low branching. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
gibba |
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25.00 |
2.00 |
32 |
5 |
Side branches often have soft spines. It is used as a fence; oil is extracted from the culms. |
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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.) |
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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' |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
malingensis |
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35.00 |
2.50 |
21 |
5 |
An attractive medium-size tropical, produces many culms each year, taller under trees. Reportedly tolerates wind well. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Golden Goddess' |
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10.00 |
0.50 |
18 |
5 |
A dwarf form similar to 'Fernleaf' but with larger leaves. The culms tend to be yellowish. |
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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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
pervariabilis 'Viridistriatus' |
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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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
rigida |
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40.00 |
2.30 |
32 |
5 |
Erect. Internodes long. Sheaths persistent. Many branches at nodes. Leaves oblong, 3-9”, dark green. |
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| Clumper |
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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis 'Dwarf' |
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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."
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis 'Kanapaha' |
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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’.
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis 'Maculata' |
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25.00 |
1.00 |
18 |
5 |
Culms and base of new culm sheaths have purple streaks. |
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Bambusa
textilis 'Mutabilis' |
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40.00 |
2.30 |
18 |
5 |
Persistent blue-white bloom and long internodes. Previously misidentified as B. mutabilis and as B. textilis var. fusca.
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Bambusa mutabilis |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis var. albostriata |
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40.00 |
2.00 |
18 |
5 |
Same as species except culms are white striped. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
textilis var. gracilis |
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30.00 |
1.30 |
18 |
5 |
Culm more slender than the typical B. textilis, nodding top, graceful foliage. |
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| Clumper |
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' |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
ventricosa 'Kimmei' |
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55.00 |
2.30 |
21 |
5 |
As the species, but with yellow culms striped with green. |
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| Clumper |
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. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
vulgaris 'Wamin Striata' |
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16.00 |
3.00 |
30 |
5 |
Dwarf with short and swollen lower internodes, light green culms striped with dark green. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
vulgaris 'Wamin' |
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16.00 |
3.00 |
30 |
5 |
A dwarf form with short and swollen lower green internodes. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| Cephalostachyum | Tall, shrubby or climbing bamboos with generally slender, stiff and thin-walled culms. From India, China, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia. |
Cephalostachyum
pergracile |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| Dendrocalamus | Giant tropical clumping bamboos similar to Bambusa, often with bigger branches and leaves, and hairier culms. |
Dendrocalamus
asper |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
asper 'Betung Hitam' |
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100.00 |
8.00 |
32 |
5 |
A black cultivar of D. asper. Rare. |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
brandisii |
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100.00 |
8.00 |
32 |
5 |
Thick walled culms; similar to D. giganteus. Shoots of high quality, edible raw. |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
membranaceus |
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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 |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
minor 'Amoenus' |
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25.00 |
2.00 |
25 |
5 |
Culms pale yellow with green stripes, smaller than the species. |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
validus |
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45.00 |
4.00 |
25 |
5 |
Errect culms with slightly convex internodes. |
Bambusa valida |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
| 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
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. |
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| Clumper |
Gigantochloa
luteostriata |
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30.00 |
2.00 |
28 |
5 |
Erect with full foliage on top. Young leaves variegated white/green. Canes green, intermittent white stripes. |
Bambusa luteostriata |
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| Clumper |
| 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 |
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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. |
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| Clumper |
Guadua
angustifolia |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Guadua
angustifolia 'Less Thorny' |
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100.00 |
8.00 |
30 |
5 |
A clone with significantly fewer and smaller thorns. |
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| Clumper |
Guadua
sp. 'Aureocaulis' |
Moonlight |
U |
U |
U |
U |
Blonde white culms with random width green stripes and white nodal rings. Leaves strongly white-variegated. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| Otatea | Genus of American clumping bamboos with 3 known species. From central Mexico to Central America. |
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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Otatea
fimbriata |
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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. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| Pseudosasa | Small to medium size running bamboos which usually have only one branch at a node. |
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. |
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| Runner |
| 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 |
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45.00 |
4.00 |
35 |
5 |
Erect, tight-clumping, drooping tips. Cultivars with coloured culms popular ornamentals in Asia. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Schizostachyum
brachycladum 'Bali Kuning' |
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45.00 |
4.00 |
35 |
U |
Culms yellow with the occasional thin green stripe, leaves have occasional cream stripes. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| Thyrsostachys | A genus of moderate size, tropical clumping bamboos with rather small leaves and persistent culm sheaths. |
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. |
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