Chimonobambusa marmorea –Marbled bamboo – The culm sheaths of the new shoots are marbled with cream and purple – hence the name. Excellent interior plant. Six inch pot.

Indocalamus tessellatus - Elegant and graceful, up to about four feet. Deep green leaves, very large (as much as two feet long) for the size of the plant. Good in low light, very effective on a slope and does well as an indoor container plant Four inch pot.
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Pleioblastus chino murakamianus - This hard to find and lovely bamboo has very variable variegation You will find some leaves green, others white, and all gradations between. An attractive ground cover or interior plant. Root-hardy to at least-15°F. Four inch pot.
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Pleioblastus humilis - Green leaves and about six inches high in the sun, and grows to two feet in the shade. Take your choice. Root-hardy to at least -15°F but loses its leaves in the winter here in Zone 5. Good as a ground cover and for erosion control. Four inch pot.

Pleioblastus shibuyanus ‘Tsuboi’ – A small (two to three feet) bamboo with unique variegation; the mid-vein is always white. This is a very attractive plant that captivates people when they see it in the nursery. Excellent as an interior plant or accent plant in the garden. While it is hardy to at least -15°F it does lose its leaves each winter here in Massachusetts. Four inch pot.
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Pleioblastus simonii – A useful and handsome garden or interior plant. Straight culms with long, thin, green leaves. The reference books give its maximum height as 20 feet. It has never grown taller than 18 inches here. Easy as a houseplant about one foot high. We sell our selection grown from seed. I have grown one in a shallow bonsai pot, the soil covered with moss. Four inch pot.

Pleioblastus variegatus - Dwarf Whitestripe Bamboo – Green leaves with stark white variegation. Striking in a container or as a groundcover. Four inch pot.

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Pleioblastus viridistriatus – Yellow-green leaves with green variegation and fine hairs on the leaves.You’ll enjoy the golden glow from this plant. Superb groundcover. A nationally known nursery sells this as a non-invasive bamboo. I’m telling you that it is a vigorous runner! It will grow in half sun but the colors are more vivid in full sun. Four inch pot.

Height up to 18 inches
Diam .25 in
Zones 5-10
Sun to shade
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Pseudosasa owatarii - About six inches tall here in Zone 5. Probably the smallest of all the bamboos and an elegant bamboo prized for growing as a bonsai.This bamboo is from the Japanese island of Yakushima and is perfectly hardy here. Takes a while to become established but with its small, pointed leaves it is a welcome addition to the edge of a perennial or bamboo planting.  Four inch pot.

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Sasaella masamuniana albostriata – About one foot tall in Massachusetts; up to six feet in warmer climates. The leaves have a muted cream variegation. A treasure of subtle elegance, particularly good indoors. I kept one in an inch-high bonsai tray several years. In the garden it has survived Zone 4. Four inch pot

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Sasa senanensis – With large, deep green leaves, this graceful bamboo makes an excellent evergreen (down to -20F) screen up to eleven feet. This is a slow runner, very easy to control. Shade or sun. These plants come from a grove at Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum where it competes successfully with Norway maples! Runs, but runs slowly. Six inch pots.

Sasa veitchii - SILVER-EDGE BAMBOO (KUMA-ZASA) – A superb groundcover. The leaves are green when it comes up in the spring; in the fall the edges turn silver or tan, and stay that way all winter and into the second year. Very popular in Japanese gardens. Zone 5 or maybe even 4. A slow runner. Six inch pots.