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 […]

A very large tropical bamboo, often arching. Tough thick walled culms have white rings above and below each node from which large branches grow. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing […]

Used to make paper and for weaving, this has very thin culm walls. The culms are covered with white powder. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend […]

This recent U.S. import is short and green. It foliage consists of narrow leaves. 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. Bamboo […]

This large, arching bamboo has thick-walled culms with short internodes. When it is young its culms are covered with white powder. Its edible shoots are prized for their flavor. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer […]

This soft, thick-walled variety grows very fast and tall with edible shoots. Thorny lower branches are long and wiry. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend to […]

This variety comes from Northern Territory, Australia and grows along waterways. Its thick culms with short internodes grow in dense clumps with low branches. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing […]

The cultivar ‘Mauve Pink’ is a low-growing perennial which produces a profusion of tiny, mauve-pink flowers and is usually grown as an annual. Leaves are rounded and mid-green. Flowers are pink and star-shaped. Great in hanging baskets, or as a […]