Pseudotsuga ( Douglas Fir )

The signature tree of the Pacific Northwest, this broadly conical tree when young, becomes columnar and spreading with age. When young, bark is smooth and gray, then thick, corky, deeply ridged, reddish-brown. Sharp reddish-brown buds open to linear dark-green leaves, […]

Pseudosasa usawai ( Usawai Pseudosasa )

Medium-sized evergreen bamboo growing to 15 feet tall, with stems 3/4 inches in diameter. Small to medium-size runners, each node usually only producing a single branch. Native to Taiwan. It can be found at elevations up to 4,000 feet.

Pseudosasa owatarii ( Owatarii Pseudosasa )

Small evergreen bamboo growing to 3 feet tall, with stems 1/4 inch in diameter. Small to medium-size runners, each node usually only producing a single branch. Fairly hardy and quite delicate in appearance. Native to the small Japanese island of […]

Pseudosasa japonica ( Arrow Bamboo )

Bamboo is a common term for a large number of giant grasses that include many different species and varieties. There are two main types of bamboo: 1)Runner types send out underground stems to varying distances and sent up a vertical […]