This bamboo has 3 to 9 inch dark green leaves. Its culms have long internodes and persistent sheaths with many branches growing from its nodes. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, […]

This bamboo is medium-sized and has yellow culms. Its culms have thin walls and it is often used for weaving. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend […]

Of all the giant tropical bamboos grown in the United States, this is the most common. It grows in tight clumps, is very straight and has wide leaves that grow on fairly short branches. This bamboo grows vigorously. Clump bamboos […]

Native to Hainan Island in China, this is a medium-sized tropical bamboo. White powder covers its young culms. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend to be […]

This bamboo grows large and strong. It grows in loose clumps with very straight culms. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend to be tropical or subtropical. […]

A bamboo with long internodes grows straight in open clumps. Distiguished by its green culms with light green stripes and rings at its nodes. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing […]

Native to Timor, this tall bamboo has purple-black culms with light green stripes. Branches grow from lower parts of its culms. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers […]

Oil is often extracted from this bamboo and stems make good fence material. Soft spines sometimes cover its branches. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend to […]

A native to the areas around Hong Kong. It is straight-growing with thick-walled culms, sometimes with white stripes. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend to be […]

The cultivar ‘Green Stripe-Stem’ was introduced from Taiwan in 1980. It has yellow-green culms with dark green stripes. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend to be […]