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| Alligator Alley 4636 NW 10TH ST Oklahoma City, OK 73127 U.S.A. |
405-949-2553 Fax:405-949-2137 Bryan Swinney www.alligatoralley.com/bamboostock.html |
Open Monday through Saturday. Call first if driving from a long distance, to make sure owner is in. Otherwise feel free to drop in any time to buy, trade or just talk about bamboo! Orders for custom dug divisions are taken beginning February 14. |
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Description | Synonym | Sources | More Info |
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| Arundinaria | Genus of small to medium size hardy running bamboos, with numerous branches at each node and persistent culm sheaths. New shoots in spring. Native to the US only. All other species should be moved to different genera. | ||||||||
| Arundinaria gigantea |
RIVER CANE | 20.00 | 1.00 | -10 | 5 | Native to the U.S. Once grew from Georgia and Texas to Maryland and Ohio. | Sources |  |
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| Hibanobambusa | A running genus from Japan once thought to be a natural bigeneric hybrid between Sasa veitchii and Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon', but with little evidence to support that idea. | ||||||||
| Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima' |
16.00 | 1.30 | 3 | 4 | This form has strikingly attractive leaves variegated in cream and green. The colors persist throughout the year. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys | Medium to giant runners which have a distinct groove above pairs of unequal branches at mid-culm nodes. They shoot in spring. | ||||||||
| Phyllostachys angusta |
STONE BAMBOO | 22.00 | 1.30 | -2 | 5 | Called Stone Bamboo because of the hard texture of its culms which in China are used to make fine bamboo furniture. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys atrovaginata |
INCENSE BAMBOO | 35.00 | 2.80 | -5 | 5 | The shoots are among those having the least bite when raw. These plants were formerly listed as P. congesta. | Phyllostachys congesta | Sources | |
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| 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. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys aureosulcata |
Yellow Groove | 45.00 | 2.20 | -5 | 5 | The culms are more slender and delicate than golden bamboo; young culms are green with a yellow groove. Culm internodes distinctly rough to the touch when young, and an occasional culm has a zigzag kink. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' |
26.00 | 1.50 | -5 | 5 | Culms are entirely yellow except for a few vertical green stripes. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' |
Green groove | 26.00 | 1.50 | -5 | 5 | The culms are yellow with a green groove, just opposite of the typical form. Smaller in hottest areas. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides |
GIANT JAPANESE TIMBER, MADAKE | 72.00 | 6.00 | 5 | 5 | The most utilized bamboo in Japan where it is valued for its large straight thick-walled culms. Flowered extensively in the 1970’s and many plants died. Most plants have regained their vegetative vigor. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Castillon' |
35.00 | 2.00 | 5 | 5 | Golden yellow culms with green grooves and stripes. An occasional leaf is striped in cream. It died due to flowering, and a new clone with less leaf variegation, sometimes called 'McClure's Castillon', has been introduced. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys bissetii |
40.00 | 2.00 | -10 | 5 | A vigorously growing species whose culms are somewhat darker green than 'golden bamboo'. It is one of the first species of the genus to shoot in the spring. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys edulis |
MOSO | 75.00 | 7.00 | 5 | 5 | Largest of the hardy bamboos. Young culms are covered with a velvety coat of soft hairs. The most used bamboo in China, used for food , timber, paper, plywood, and flooring. | Phyllostachys heterocycla pubescens | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys mannii 'Decora' |
30.00 | 1.80 | -5 | 5 | From the Yangtze valley and adjacent areas of China. In China, it is called the Beautiful Bamboo. One of the best performers under stress of desert heat, cold, and drought in Nevada. Now considered to be conspecific with P. mannii 'mannii'. | Phyllostachys decora | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys nidularia |
33.00 | 1.50 | 5 | 5 | Distinctive, very prominent culm nodes. The shoots are exceptionally free of acrid taste. | Sources | |
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| 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 | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys nigra 'Bory' |
Snakeskin | 50.00 | 3.00 | 0 | 5 | Differs from P. nigra by growing larger. Culms blotched with black, never completely black. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys nigra 'Daikokuchiku' |
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. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon' |
65.00 | 3.50 | 0 | 5 | Culms totally green, usually much larger than Black bamboo.Distinctive culms are rough to the touch and whitish green. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys nuda |
34.00 | 1.80 | -10 | 5 | Reputed to be the hardiest species of the genus. New culms are dark green and powdery. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys rubromarginata |
55.00 | 2.80 | -5 | 5 | Noted for its good quality wood and edible shoots,it tolerates cold, dry winds. Tests in Alabama showed it to be superior in culm production and cold tolerance. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young' |
40.00 | 3.00 | 5 | 5 | The culms and branches soon turn from sulfur green to old gold. Longitudinal green stripes of variable width mark many internodes. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys vivax |
Vivax | 70.00 | 5.00 | 5 | 5 | Resembles P. bambusoides except that the culms have thinner walls and a white powdery band beneath each node at sheath-fall. Gray-green when mature. | Sources | |
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| Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis' |
70.00 | 5.00 | 5 | 5 | The culms turn yellow with a few narrow green stripes. | Sources | |
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| Sasa | Running species, dwarf or up to 6 feet tall, with at most one branch per node. The leaves are usually large. | ||||||||
| Sasa palmata |
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. | Sources | |
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| Semiarundinaria | Medium size running bamboos with nearly cylindrical culms and culm leaves that hang for some time attached at the middle of their base. | ||||||||
| Semiarundinaria yashadake 'Kimmei' |
25.00 | 1.50 | 5 | 5 | The culms are yellow with green grooves; leaves are yellow striped. | Sources | |
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