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Common Name |
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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
balcooa |
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60.00 |
6.00 |
25 |
5 |
From India. Tangled clumps make harvest difficult. Strong, used for construction, crafts, shoots. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
bambos |
GIANT THORNY |
100.00 |
7.00 |
30 |
5 |
Fast growing, thick-walled, soft. Lower branches are long, wiry and armed with thorns. Edible shoots. Used for paper in India. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
beecheyana |
BEECHEY BAMBOO |
50.00 |
5.00 |
21 |
5 |
Culms with short internodes generally arch strongly and are covered with white powder when young. Big thick-walled culms; edible shoots in much demand. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
dolichoclada 'Stripe' |
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65.00 |
4.00 |
25 |
5 |
A beautiful giant from Taiwan. The culms are a waxy yellow with dark green stripes. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
dolichomerithalla 'Silverstripe' |
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35.00 |
2.00 |
25 |
5 |
This cultivar has culms striped with silver. Introduced in 1980 from Taiwan. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
emeiensis 'Viridiflavus' |
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35.00 |
2.50 |
24 |
U |
Culms erect with yellow stripes alternating 180° on each internode. |
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Sources |
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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
longispiculata |
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50.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
Culm green, with light green stripes near the base and rings at nodes. Open clumps, straight culms, thin walls, long internodes. Many plants sold under this name may have been Bambusa tulda ‘Striata’. |
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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex |
HEDGE BAMBOO |
25.00 |
1.50 |
18 |
5 |
Each node bears a large number of branches down to the culm base, making a dense hedge. Hardiest of the Bambusa. |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
18 |
5 |
Similar to the species, but the culms and branches are bright yellow with irregular longitudinal narrow dark green stripes. New shoots and culms are often reddish. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Fernleaf' |
FERNLEAF BAMBOO |
20.00 |
0.50 |
18 |
5 |
Usually small in size with 10 to 20 closely spaced, two ranked leaves. Often culms come up that have reverted to the larger leaves. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
multiplex 'Silverstripe' |
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25.00 |
1.50 |
18 |
5 |
Many leaves have white stripes and some culms are also striped with white. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
nutans |
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40.00 |
3.00 |
28 |
5 |
From Thailand. Nutans means "nodding," which it does. The culms have a white ring below the nodes. |
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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
pervariabilis |
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33.00 |
2.40 |
32 |
5 |
Erect, thick walled. Lower internodes have branches and yellow stripes on culm and sheaths. Used to make farm tools, punting poles in China. |
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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
sp. 'Nana' |
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25.00 |
2.50 |
28 |
5 |
A medium-sized timber bamboo from Thailand. Straight, strong. Some yellow stripes. Note B. nana is a synonym of B. multiplex. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
sp. 'Richard Waldron' |
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10.00 |
0.50 |
20 |
5 |
Compact erect small bamboo similar to B. multiplex, identity and origins uncertain. |
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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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 |
Sources |
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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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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
tulda |
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70.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
The large, straight, thick walled culms make this one of the most useful tropical bamboos. Frequently solid near the base. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
tulda 'Striata' |
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70.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
Like the species, the culms are striped near the base, but more prominently. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
variostriata |
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35.00 |
3.00 |
28 |
5 |
New shoots covered with bloom, culm has white stripes, useful and edible. |
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Sources |
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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' |
Sources |
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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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Bambusa
vulgaris |
COMMON BAMBOO |
50.00 |
4.00 |
30 |
5 |
Common throughout the tropical world. Open clump, culms spaced a foot or two apart. Culm cuttings root very easily. Used for banana props. |
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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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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 |
| 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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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
brandisii (variegated) |
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100.00 |
12.00 |
32 |
5 |
Like the species but with variegated leaves. An unnamed cultivar. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
giganteus |
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100.00 |
12.00 |
25 |
5 |
From Burma, perhaps the largest bamboo in the world. Leaves can be up to 20 inches long and 4 inches wide. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
hamiltonii |
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80.00 |
7.00 |
27 |
5 |
Native from the Himalayas to Laos, with pendulous pruinose culms, leaves up to 15 inches long. |
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Sources |
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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 |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
minor |
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25.00 |
2.00 |
U |
5 |
Culm top bending and drooping. Culm annulus and sheath annulus near the culm base have a yellowish brown ring. |
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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Dendrocalamus
strictus |
MALE BAMBOO |
60.00 |
5.00 |
30 |
5 |
Common bamboo of India, used mainly for pulp. Culms not very straight, often small and usually solid. Flowers frequently. Most internet seed is from this, marketed as anything pretty. |
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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
apus |
BAMBU TALI |
65.00 |
4.00 |
27 |
5 |
Common in Java, not found anywhere in the wild. Used for many purposes. It has large leaves, up to 15 inches long and 21/2 inches wide. Young culms are hairy. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Gigantochloa
atter |
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50.00 |
4.00 |
28 |
5 |
From Java. Sweet shoots, strong straight culms. Sheath covered with black hairs. Used for furniture. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Gigantochloa
maxima |
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45.00 |
4.00 |
28 |
5 |
Variegated culms with cream-colored stripes. The exact ID of plants that have been sold in the past under this name is not clear; also see G. pseudoarundinacea. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Gigantochloa
pseudoarundinacea |
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100.00 |
5.00 |
28 |
5 |
Formerly included in G. verticillata complex. The culms when young are light green, with thin yellow stripes. |
Gigantochloa verticillata |
Sources |
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| Clumper |
Gigantochloa
wrayii |
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30.00 |
3.00 |
30 |
5 |
Long internodes; used for basket making in Malaysia. Culms erect, slightly arching outwards. |
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Sources |
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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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Sources |
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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 'Bicolor' |
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100.00 |
8.00 |
30 |
5 |
Culms have vertical yellow and green stripes. Also known as 'Striata'. |
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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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Sources |
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| Clumper |
Guadua
chacoensis |
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65.00 |
6.00 |
30 |
5 |
A large woody thorny green bamboo, with erect culms, from Bolivia to Uraguay. May grow taller than listed. |
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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. Acuminata |
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15.00 |
0.70 |
28 |
5 |
Smaller and more delicate looking then aztecorum, it comes from the hot, humid lowlands of eastern Mexico. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
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 |
| Phyllostachys | Medium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid-culm nodes. They shoot in spring. |
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 'Koi' |
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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 'Aureocaulis' |
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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
nidularia 'Smoothsheath' |
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33.00 |
1.50 |
0 |
5 |
Same as species, except it lacks the shaggy hairs on the culm leaf sheaths and sheath scars found on the typical form. |
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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 'Daikokuchiku' |
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57.00 |
3.30 |
5 |
5 |
A clone from California, claimed to be larger than the species, with culms supposedly turning black more rapidly than other clones. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Phyllostachys
nigra 'Hale' |
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20.00 |
1.50 |
0 |
4 |
Similar to the type, but smaller and hardier. Culms turn black almost immediately. |
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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
akebono |
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2.00 |
0.30 |
10 |
3 |
The small leaves, no more than 3 inches long by 1/2 inch wide, are often green shading to white to the tips. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Pleioblastus
simonii |
MEDAKE |
20.00 |
1.50 |
5 |
4 |
A medium size hardy bamboo that produces straight culms which are useful for many purposes. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
| 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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Sources |
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| Runner |
| Sasa | Running species, dwarf or up to 6 feet tall, with at most one branch per node. The leaves are usually large. |
Sasa
palmata |
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7.00 |
0.50 |
5 |
2 |
The thick, leathery leaves are up to 15 inches long by 21/2 inches wide. It does well in pots, looks best when grown in the shade. Grows taller in cool climates. |
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Sources |
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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
sp. 'Murray Island' |
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16.00 |
1.00 |
37 |
4 |
Has very long internodes, up to 1 meter. Used in the Solomon Islands to make pan flutes and for weaving. |
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Sources |
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| Clumper |
| Shibataea | A genus with very dense, short, zig-zagged angular culms with 3-5 branches per node, often clipped into balls. |
Shibataea
kumasaca |
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7.00 |
0.30 |
-5 |
3 |
Short, broad leaves on slender, nearly solid culms with prominent nodes and short slightly zigzag internodes. Prefers acid soil, shows extensive leaf burn if in alkaline environment. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
| Sinobambusa | Running bamboos similar to Semiarundinaria except that the culm leaves promptly fall off. |
Sinobambusa
tootsik |
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30.00 |
1.50 |
10 |
4 |
A vigorous growing runner with straight, erect culms. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |
Sinobambusa
tootsik 'Albostriata' |
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30.00 |
1.50 |
10 |
4 |
Similar to the type, but with yellowish white striped leaves. |
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Sources |
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| Runner |