OUR BAMBOO PLANTS

ALPHONSE KARR 
(bambusa multiplex ‘Alphonse Karr’)
New shoots/culms can be reddish.  May be grown in a pot.
Height: 15’-25’        Diameter: 1.5”        Temp: 18°F

ASIAN LEMON BAMBOO
(bambusa eutuldoides viridi-vittata)
Yellow canes striped with green leaves have intermittent white stripes. Fast grower and branching to ground.
Height: 25’        Diameter: 1”        Temp: 21°F

BAMBUSA GIBBA
A new species at our garden that appears to be quick to leap and will be a great privacy bamboo.
Height: 25’        Diameter: 2”        Temp: 32°F

BLACK TIMOR
(bambusa lako)
Choice ornamental bamboo with canes emerging green and turning brown to black with a light green stripe. Common name is derived from its indigenous habitat on the island of Timor.
Height: 35’-50’        Diameter: 3.5”        Temp: 28°F

BONIOPSIS
(bambusa boniopsis)
Good as a screen or a hedge.  From Hainan, China
Height: 15’    Diameter: 1”        Temp: 28°F

CHINESE GODDESS
(bambusa multiplex ‘Riviereorum’)
Good as a screen or a hedge.  From Hainan, China
Height: 15’    Diameter: 1”        Temp: 28°F

DWARF BUDDHA BELLY
(bambusa vulgaris ‘Wamin’)
An exceptional specimen with bulging internodes that makes it totally unique. Dark green leaves and culms and a large canopy for a relatively “short” bamboo. There is a striped cultivar with light green culms and dark green stripes.
Height: 16′   Diameter: 3″        Min-Temp: 30°F

EMERALD
(bambusa textilis ‘Mutabilis’)
An exceptional specimen with bulging internodes that makes it totally unique. Dark green leaves and culms and a large canopy for a relatively “short” bamboo. There is a striped cultivar with light green culms and dark green stripes.
Height: 16′    Diameter: 3″        Min-Temp: 30°F

FERNLEAF
(bambusa multiplex)
Usually small in size with tiny leaves and a dense bushy appearance. Can be hedged or trimmed easily.
Height: 16′    Diameter: 3″        Min-Temp: 30°F

GARLAND BAMBOO
(bambusa luteostriata)
Erect lovely bamboo with young leaves being variegated white/green and canes have intermittent white stripes.
Height: 30′    Diameter: 2″        Min-Temp: 28° F

GIANT TIMBER
(bambusa oldhamii)
Strong, dark green bamboo with an erect stature. Short branches and large leaves. Edible bamboo shoots when harvested.
Height: 55’         Diameter: 4”        Temp: 21°F

GOLDEN HAWAIIAN
(bambusa vulgaris ‘Vittata’ )
Popular bamboo with bright yellow canes with dark green striping that is different on each internode giving it the appearance of being hand painted. This bamboo is an open clumper that needs a lot of room to grow.
Height: 50′    Diameter: 4″        Min-Temp: 30° F

IMPERIAL BAMBOO
(bambusa tulda ‘Striata’)
A large, thick walled bamboo with stripes near the base. Very erect growing habit.
Height: 70′    Diameter: 4″        Min-Temp: 30° F

LEMON LIME
(bambusa emeiensis flavovirens)
Canes emerge from ground a lime green color with stripes and mature to a pale yellow with dark green stripes. Erect and tight clumping.
Height: 35′    Diameter: 2.5″        Min-Temp: 24° F

MALAY DWARF
(bambusa glaucophylla)
This bamboo is dense, bushy and has variegated leaves. Easy to prune and keep as a hedge or shaped as desired.
Height: 15′    Diameter:1″        Min-Temp: 30° F

NANA THAI BEAUTY
(bambusa ‘Nana’ “Long leaf”)

Height: 25’        Diameter: 2.5”        Temp: 28°F

NANA THAI SILK
(bambusa ‘Nana’ “Short leaf”)
Timber bamboo from Thailand.
Height: 28’        Diameter: 2.5”        Temp: 28°F

PATIO BAMBOO
(bambusa sp. Richard Waldron)
Small tight clumping bamboo that is suited for growing in pots if need be. Origin is uncertain and not common throughout regions.
Height: 10’-12’        Diameter: 0.5”        Temp: 18°F

SEABREEZE
(bambusa malingensis)
Fast growing and dense bamboo with small leaves that hold up to high winds very well. Great as a hedge or to block with a single planting.
Height: 35′    Diameter: 2.5″        Min-Temp: 21° F

SILVERSTRIPE
(bambusa dolichomerithalla)
This dark green bamboo has culms striped with thin silver (white) line. Introduced from Taiwan in 1980.
Height: 35′     Diameter: 2″        Min-Temp: 25° F

SLENDER WEAVERS
(bambusa textilis ‘Gracilis’)
Superior small landscape bamboo that can stand alone or make a wall of bamboo hedge. Becomes naturally branchless a third of the way up cane and is very graceful and nodding at top.
Height: 25’    Diameter: 1.3”        Temp: 18°F

SUBTRUNCATA
(bambusa subtruncata)
From China.
Height: 20’        Diameter: 2”        Temp: 25°F

SUNBURST
(bambusa pervariabilis ‘Viridistriata’)
Highly variegated butter yellow bamboo with long horizontal branching habit. Branching to ground is common.
Height: 33’        Diameter: 2.4”        Temp: 25°F

TROPICAL BLUE
(bambusa chungii)
A stunning bamboo with a persistent white bloom on canes that appears blue in color on maturity.
Height: 33’    Diameter: 2.5”        Temp: 21°F

TROPICAL BLUE DWARF
(bambusa chungii ‘Barbellata’)
Rare. Used in paper making & weaving. Tighter clump than Tropical Blue.
Height: 22’        Diameter: 1.5”        Temp: 21°F

WONG CHUCK
(bambusa textilis ‘Kanapaha’)

Height: 45’        Diameter: 2.5”        Temp: 18°F

YIN YANG
(bambusa emeiensis ‘Viridiflavus’)
A one of a kind ornamental bamboo with erect dark green canes striped with yellow alternating.
Height: 35′    Diameter: 2.5″        Min-Temp: 24° F