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Mid
size Bamboo
These are the classical bamboos. They are grown for both their attractive culms
(canes) and foliage. Use these bamboos as screens, decorative specimen plants,
or specimens in large containers. In every instance the beauty of the culms
will be apparent. If you need a fast privacy screen, the running bamboos in
this section will fill your need. While they will grow in part sun they do best
in full sun.
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Height 25 ft Diam 1.5 in Hardy to 15F Zones 8-10 Full to half sun Clumping CODE BMUQ $35 |
Bambusa
multiplex ‘Alphonse
Karr’ - A semitropical clumping bamboo with yellow culms and vertical
green stripes. Young growth is pink. Hardy to 15°F. Height is about seven
feet as a house plant. Easy in a sunny window. Six inch pot |
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Height
25ft, Diam 1.5 in Hardy to 15F Zones 8-10 Full to half sun Clumping CODE BMUW $40 |
Bambusa
multiplex Silverstripe -NEW- A semitropical clumping bamboo
with green culms and green leaves with attractive white stripes. Hardy to
15°F. Height is about seven feet is a houseplant. easy in a sunny window.
Six-inch pot. To order Bambusa multiplex 'Silverstripe' |
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Height
12 ft Diam 1 in Hardy to 25F? Zones 9-11 Full to half sun Clumping CODE BAGU $70 |
Bambusa
glaucophylla
- Malay Dwarf - A new and valuable addition. This tropical, clumping bamboo
grows to a maximum height of 12 feet and is thus excellent for hedges
of moderate height. The green culms bear long and narrow leaves with white
variegation. Variegation can be overpowering on a large plant but this
one has it right; subdued and attractive. Six inch pot |
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Height 25 fet Diam 1.5 in Hardy to 15F Zones 8-10 Full to half sun Running CODE CHQU $55 |
Chimonobambusa
quadrangularis - Square bamboo - When the culms get wider than about
1/4 inch they are indeed square but with rounded corners. All of the Chimonobambusas
we offer are attractive bamboos (the branches and leaves drape in a pleasing
manner) that do well as interior plants. Gallon. |
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Height 25 ft Diam 1.5 in Hardy to 15F Zones 8-10 Full to half sun Running CODE CHQUS |
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis ‘Suow’ - Rapid grower with the same squarish culms of the bamboo above. The color of the culm is yellow with occasional green stripes. Gallon
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Height 20 ft Diam 1.5 in Hardy to 22F Zones 8-11 Sun Clumping CODE OTAC $85 |
Otatea acuminatata aztectorum - Mexican Weeping Bamboo - NEW - Excellent garden or interior plant needing full sun. As an interior plant expect a height closer to 8-12 ft.The profusion of leaves obscures the canes which form an open clump. Highly desireable. 3 Gallon |
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Height 16 ft |
Hibanobambusa
tranquillans ‘Shiroshima’
- Lovely white variegation on the large leaves is unusual on a bamboo
this tall. This is an unusual species in the bamboo world as it is a
natural hybrid. Six inch pot |
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Height 22 ft |
Phyllostachys
angusta –
Stone bamboo – A yellow-green bamboo with very hard wood, hence the
name. Valued for furniture. Great looking and popular as an interior
container plant. Six inch pot |
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Height 35 ft Diam 2.5 in Hardy to -17F Zones 5-10 Full to half sun Running CODE PHCO $30 |
Phyllostachys
atrovaginata (Phyllostachys congesta)
- A vigorous bamboo that quickly forms culms thicker than other species
at the same height. Good as a screen, specimen plant, or for eating.
Excellent for wet conditions as air canals in the rhizomes allow it
to grow where other bamboos would fail. Six
inch pot |
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Height 26 ft Diam 2 in Hardy to -17F Zones 5-10 Full to half sun Running CODE PHAS $28 |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata - Yellowgroove bamboo- Light yellow grooves on contrasting
green culms (canes). A very hardy bamboo widely grown in this country.
Six inch pot |
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Height 26 ft Diam 2 in Hardy to -17F Zones 5-10 Full to half sun Running CODE PHASA $60 |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata aureocaulis
- This cultivar of Yellowgroove bamboo is all yellow and is as hardy
as Yellowgroove, -15°F. Maximum height is 25 feet. The all yellow appearance
makes for a dramatic grove. Shown is a mature grove. A younger grove
will have many more branches at lower levels. Very attractive mixed
with a dark green bamboo such as Phyllostachys bissetii. Gallon.
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Height
26 ft Diam 2 in Hardy to -17F Zones 5-10 Full to half sun Running CODE PHASHI $60 |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata Harbin inversa - In spite of that name this is a lovely
bamboo. That curve, called a knee, is typical of P. aureosulcta and
cultivars which is wht they are called 'Crookstem Bamboos'. The canes
have decorative vertical stripes - a sensation when you have a whole
grove! Gallon To
order Phyllostachys aureosulcata Harbin inversa
for delivery in '08
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Height 26
ft Diam 2 in Hardy to -17F Zones 5-10 Full to half sun Running CODE PHASS $60 |
Phyllostachys
aureosulcata spectabilis –
This lovely cultivar of Yellowgroove Bamboo is a sensation; yellow canes
with green grooves. The culms acquire a rosy tint where they are exposed
to sun. A very decorative bamboo good into Zone 5; particularly valuable
for northern gardens. This photo is from a grove in front of my house.
We dig and sell large specimens too large to ship (ten to twelve feet)
for local trade. Gallon |
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Height
26 ft Diam 1.5 in Hardy to -22F Zones 5-10 Full to half sun Running CODE PHBI $28 |
Phyllostachys
bissetii - DAVID BISSET BAMBOO- Excellent color, forest green and
very hardy. One of the four best for northern states. Makes a fine evergreen
screen or handsome grove. Six inch pot |
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Height
12 ft Diam .5 in Hardy to -25F Zones 5-10 Full to half sun Running CODE PHBIF $32 |
Phyllostachys
bissetii
Dwarf form - Similar to the bamboo above but grows only to twelve feet
in height. If you need a very hardy green bamboo in scale for smaller
properties this is the one. A little hardier than the full size version.
Six inch pot |
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Height
35 ft Diam 2 in Hardy to -25F Full to half sun Zones 4-10 Running CODE PHDE $35 |
Phyllostachys
decora
- BEAUTIFUL BAMBOO- Our most vigorous grower here in the Northeast as
well as the drier parts of the country including the desert conditions
of Nevada’s Pahrump Valley! Does well in extreme heat and extreme cold.
The best choice for fast results. Older culms acquire a sheen; they
appear lacquered. Note the distinctive color of the emerging culm. A
very useful bamboo.Six inch pot |
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Height
30 ft Diam 2 in Hardy to 0F Full to half sun Zones 7-10 Running CODE PHNI $55 |
Phyllostachys
nigra -
BLACK BAMBOO- A fabulous bamboo with green leaves and contrasting ebony-black
culms. If you can’t grow this outdoors (hardy to 0°F.) grow it as an
interior plant. Grown as an interior it will do best in a cool place
(40F-55F) in the winter. Deservedly one of our most popular bamboos.
Seven and a half inch diameter pots. |
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Height
34 ft Diam 2 in Hardy to -22F Full to half sun Zones 5-10 Running CODE PHNU $35 |
Phyllostachys
nuda
- One of the hardier of the Phyllostachys, hardy to at least -20°F.
A lovely dark green bamboo. Note the characteristic white ring at each
node in young culms. Not only is this one of the more decorative bamboos,
it is the hardiest running bamboo and is, along with Sweetshoot bamboo
(Phyllostachys dulcis) the best for eatimg. Six
inch pot |
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Height
35 ft Diam 2 in Hardy to 0F Full to half sun Zones 7-10 Running CODE PHPUS $32 |
Phyllostachys
purpurata ‘Straightstem’
(Ph. heteroclada) - Vigorous upright grower. Handsome and another one
of the few bamboos that will grow in moist soil as it has air channels
in the rhizomes for the transport of air to submerged portions. Excellent
for a screen. "Purpurata" comes from the purplish culm sheath
blades. Six
inch pot |
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Height
18 ft Diam .5 in Hardy to 0F Zones 7-10 Full to half sun Running CODE PLJA $20 |
Pseudosasa
japonica
- ARROW BAMBOO - Large, pointed leaves. An upright plant used for arrow-making
in medieval Japan. A good garden plant that also makes a fine potted
bamboo. Four inch pots. |
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Height
18 ft Diam .5 in Hardy to 0F Zones 7-10 Full to half sun Running CODE PLJAT $22 |
Pseudosasa
japonica ’
Tsutsumiana’ - GREEN ONION BAMBOO – This is a form of the Arrow Bamboo
with swollen internodes; hence the name. Unusual and attractive. Four
inch pots. |