Borinda angustissima - A Chinese clumping bamboo with slightly arching canes and narrow leaves. First introduced from the Giant Panda Reserve in Wolong. The result is an elegant, tightly clumping bamboo suitable for screens or as specimen plants. This is one of the few screening bamboos suitable for the south as unlike many mountain bamboos this has done well in WV,VA,NC,SC,GA,AL,MS. Hardiness has been tested to only 7F. It might be lower. Makes a terrific container plant indoors where it is too cold to grow in the garden. Gallon

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Borinda boliana - Giant Blue bamboo - One of the very few really large mountain bamboos. Culms are widely spaced so one has a well controlled and beautiful grove. Pale blue culms grow rapidly. An extraordinary and rare bamboo that has become the favorite of those fortunate enough to garden where they can grow it. Unlike many mountain bamboos this has done well WV,VA,NC,SC,GA,AL,MS. I estimate it can be kept to 10-12 feet in a container as an interior plant. Gallom

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Height 25 feet+
Diam .5 in.
Hardy to 0F, possibly -5F
Partial shade to sun
Clumping
CODE BOMC
$55

Borinda maccluriana - NEW - This clumping bamboo from Tibet, at elevations of 12,00 feet, the tallest of the Borindas, is certain to become a garden favorite. The color of the canes varies from pale gray to green and purple with very light green leaves. Grows to full height rapidly. We don't yet know enough about this bamboo to know whether it will do well in hot summers of the southern and the prairie states. The plants we have are full and vigorous. The photo does not show the red canes and light green leaves. Should make a great house plant. In a pot it will grow to about 6 -10 feet depending upon pot size and conditions. Rare and hard to find. Gallon

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Chusquea coronalis - One of the lovliest ofl the bamboos. As it is hardy to only about 25°F we grow it as a houseplant. It is a semi-tropical clumper from Central America with tiny leaves on branchlets that encircle the arching culms. I remember a beautiful specimen in a garden near Ft. Lauderdale. Maximum height in a container is likely six to eight feet. Excellent plant for the deep south. Gallon

Drepanostachyum khasianum - KHASIA BAMBOO - A clumping bamboo from Nepal, hardy to 25°F or a bit lower. Maximum height twelve feet. New culms are covered with a powder which gives a bluish look to the strongly arching culms. Narrow, dark green leaves about four inches long. This grows rapidly to final size. Moderate light requirements. Excellent conservatory, or if you have the room, house plant.The inset shows a close-up of the culm. Gallon 

Fargesia denudata - A clumping, hardy bamboo from China. The growth habit is semi-weeping making it an excellent specimen plant or screen. The strongly arching culms become a golden color with exposure to the sun. The leaves are small and the branches are short giving it a delicate appearance. Shoots come up in the spring and summer. This is a very valuable bamboo in that it is hardy, clumping and one of the few Fargesias that can be grown in full sun and in the South. Will tolerate 100+F. Thanks to Ned Jaquith for the photo. Plants are one gallon, about 4 feet tall.

In our trials we have found this bamboo does well as an interior plant in moderate light.

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Fargesia dracocephala - DRAGON’S HEAD BAMBOO - A temperate bamboo from the Himalayas less hardy (to -10°F) than the hardiest Fargesias, but much more tolerant of heat; you can grow this one in the South as it tolerates 100+F. Grows as tall as sixteen feet; an excellent choice for a site in shade to open shade. Gallon, plants are about 3 feet tall.
Photo courtesy of Noah Bell

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Fargesia murielae - A bamboo from the Himalayas with green culms. This shade-loving plant grows more vigorously for us than the other Fargesias. New shoots come up in late spring and summer. The culms become progressively more branched each year and, as a result, more pendulous - hence a fountain-like growth habit. Fine specimen plants - or use them spaced ten feet apart to make a non-spreading screen. Evergreen in Zone 5 and warmer, but not for hot climates, the South, Kansas, Oklahoma or desert states. We sell new generation plants. Gallon, plants are about 2+ feet tall.

Fargesia nitida - A lovely and very hardy (-20°F.), clumping, shade-loving bamboo. As they are clumping they are prized as screens where space is limited The clone we sell is more upright than the Fargesia murielae above. All Fargesias grow slowly. But the result is an outstanding bamboo evergreen even in Zone 5 . Several clones of Fargesia nitida have begun flowering (after which they die). Our plants are of the new generation - with about a seventy-year lifetime. These are in very short supply. Gallon, plants are about 31/2 feet tall.

Fargesia nitida 'Juizhaigou' - An introduction from the Sichuan Province of China. The Red Fountain Bamboo is the prize of that elite genus, Fargesia. Clumping, extremely hardy and doing well in partial shade, this upright bamboo has tiny leaves ands canes that turn deep burgundy red the second year. Eventually the canes fade to yellow. Lovely fall color with some leaf drop. Extremely rare. Not for hot climates. Gallon plants are about 1- 1 1/2 ft tall.
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Fargesia robusta - A new introduction from Sichuan Province that grows more rapidly, is taller and is more tolerant of full sun and warm climates than most Fargesias. This is one of the few clumoing bamboos that is very hardy, tall and sun tolerant. Beautiful aching canes. Gallon plants are about 2 feet tall.

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Fargesia rufa - This has become one of the most popular clumping bamboos. Good looking, grows fast, thrives in sun or shade. No wonder.The specimen we planted (gets about 3 hours of sun) and quadrupled in size in one growing season. If you want a good screen about 8 feet high plnt these 5-8 feet apart. It is a very hardy clumping bamboo with orange-red culm (cane) sheaths. The overall impression in the Spring is green with a little red. It is also unusual in that this is another Fargesia tolerant of sun. Its small stature makes this bamboo perfect for small gardens or courtyard planting. Gallon plants are about 2 1/2 feet tall.

Fargesia scabrida - NEW AND HARD TO FIND- From Sichuan, a very decorative, vigorous, clumping bamboo. The new growth shows orange sheaths opening to blue and pink canes. When the cane matures all this is green. The long and slender leaves are green. New canes emerge all summer. This bamboo is good in sun or shade. Give it less sun the warmer the climate. The colors are particularly strong Spring and Fall. This will become the standard by which hardy clumping bamboos are judged. This bamboo is the talk of the bamboo world. Gallon plants are about a foot tall. Photo courtesy of Noah Bell

In our trials we have found this bamboo does well as an interior plant in moderate light.

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Himalayacalamus falconeri ‘Damarapa’ - CANDY CANE BAMBOO A Himalayan bamboo with shoots that are red, yellow and green. The red fades as the culms mature. It is a good interior plant if you have a spot with sun four or more hours a day. Heat tolerance in the South and Southwest is not yet known. Gallon.

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Height 20 ft
Diam .8 in
Hardy to 15F
Zones 8-10
Partial shade
Clumping
CODE HIHO
$80

Himalayacalamus hookerianus - BLUE BAMBOO - Does well in part shade, deeper shade in the South. What was called Drepanostachyum falcatum in this country is in fact Himalayacalamus hookerianus. Whatever the name, it is the lovely blue bamboo. How blue? The new growth has a blue bloom on the canes. This gradually fades to emerald to a faint golden color. Maximum height twenty feet; canes stiffly upright. Very good for low light. Excellent interior plant. Not recommended for the deep south and prairie states. Gallon

Thamnocalamus crassinodus - A Himalayan clumping bamboo with long narrow leaves reminiscent of brush paintings of bamboo - giving it a very delicate appearance. New canes have a blue cast. We sold this as Thamnocalamus aristatus but the world’s expert has it as T. crassinodus. We listed it as hardy to 15F. turns out ii is much hardier, to 5F. Does best in cool climates. Excellent interior plant for moderate light. Gallon

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