Bamboos I Grow

This is a list of all the plants I am currently growing. You can click on the plant name to view a description, picture, (if available) a brief planting history, and comments on my experience growing the plant.  Temperate Clumping Bamboos As a group, most  of these plants are cold hardy, mountain bamboos that are genetically adapted to chilly winters and warm summer days/cool summer nights; cold hardiness ranges between 0 and -20 degrees F.  They do not perform well in regions where summer days/nights are very warm. BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME Borinda angustissima  Angustissima Bamboo Borinda boliana  Boliana Bamboo Chusquea culeou  Chilean Feather Bamboo Chusquea culeou 'Cana Prieta'  Cana Prieta Bamboo Chusquea gigantea  Giant Feather Bamboo Fargesia denudata  Denudata Bamboo Fargesia dracocephala  Dragon's Head Bamboo Fargesia dracocephala 'White Dragon'  White Dragon Bamboo Fargesia murielae  Umbrella Bamboo Fargesia nitida  Blue Fountain Bamboo Fargesia nitida 'Jiuzhaigou'  Red Fountain Bamboo Fargesia robusta  Robusta Bamboo Fargesia rufa  Rufa Bamboo Fargesia scabrida  Scabrida Bamboo Fargesia utilis    Utilis Bamboo Himalayacalamus falconeri 'Damarapa'  Candy Cane Bamboo Thamnocalamus crassinodus  Crassinoda bamboo Thamnocalamus tesselatus                            Bergbamboes Bamboo     Temperate Running Bamboos - Medium and Timber These plants are cold hardy, running bamboos, mostly from the genus Phyllostachys.  Sizes for what I call a "medium" bamboo range between 25' - 30' with a culm diamter less than 2".  Anything over that, I refer to as a "timber" bamboo.  With few exception, cold hardiness for these plants is between 0 and -20 degress F.   BOTANICAL NAME                                COMMON NAME Phyllostachys atrovaginata  Incense Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea  Golden Bamboo Phyllstachys aureosulcata  Yellow Groove Bamboo Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. alata  Alata Bamboo Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis'  Golden Crookstem Bamboo Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'  Spectabilis Bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides f. castillonis  Castillon Bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Allgold'  Allgold Bamboo Phyllostachys bissetii  Bisset Bamboo Phyllostachys dulcis  Sweetshoot Bamboo Phyllostachys edulis  Moso Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra  Black Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra 'Bory'  Bory Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra 'Daikokuchiku'  Giant Black Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra f. henonis  Henon Bamboo Phyllostachys nigra 'Megurochiku'  Megurochiku Bamboo Phyllostachys nuda  Nuda Bamboo Phyllostachys rubromarginata  Red Margin/Rubro Bamboo Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis'  Yellow Vivax Semiarundinaria fastuosa  Temple Bamboo   Temperate Running Bamboos - Small These bamboos range betweeen 7' - 20', and are hardy to about 0 degrees F. BOTANICAL NAME                                         COMMON NAME Indocalamus tessalatus  Bigleaf Bamboo Pleioblastus shibuyanus 'Tsuboi'  Tsuboi Bamboo Pleioblastus simonii  Simonii Bamboo Psuedosasa japonica  Arrow Bamboo Psuedosasa japonica 'Tsutsumiana'  Green Onion Bamboo Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda  Chinese Walking Stick Bamboo Sasa palmata 'Nebulosa'  Palm Leaf Bamboo Shibataea kumasaca  Shibataea Bamboo   Temperate Running Bamboo - Dwarf These bamboos are between 1' - 3' high, and hardy to about 0 degrees F. BOTANICAL NAME                                COMMON NAME Pleioblastus fortunei  Dwarf Whitestripe Bamboo Pleioblastus pygmaeus var. distichus  Fernleaf Bamboo Pleioblastus pygmaeus  Pygmy Bamboo Sasa vetchii  Vetchii Bamboo Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata'  Albostriata Bamboo Sasaella ramosa  Ramosa Bamboo