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Common Name

Maximum Height

Typical Diameter

Minimum Temp.

Greenstripe Vivax (Bright yellow with green stripes, large leaves, tall and fast-growing, cold-hardy)

45'

5"

-5 F

Moso (Light green velvet culm, fine leaves, largest ultimate size)

60'

6"

0 F

Weaver's Bamboo (Tall, graceful and very dense but not cold-hardy - Clumping)

40'

2"

15 F

Oldhamii (Tall and very dense but not cold-hardy - Clumping)

45'

3"

15 F

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Common Name

Maximum Height

Typical Diameter

Minimum Temp.

Vivax (Bright green, large leaves, tall and fast-growing, cold-hardy)

45'

5"

-5 F

Henon (Blue-green, fine leaves, tall and drought-tolerant, good in clay)

40'

4"

0 F

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Common Name

Typical Height

Typical Diameter

Minimum Temp.

Giant Black (Shiny jet-black culms, likes shade, leans)

30'

3"

0 F

Castillon (Brilliant yellow with green stripe, leaning culms)
Allgold (Same as Castillon but solid rich gold color)

25'

2"

5 F

Castillon Inversa (Brilliant green with yellow stripe, leaning culms)

25'

2"

5 F

Buddha's Belly (Broad arching clumping bamboo with bold form. Not cold hardy)

40'

2"

15 F

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Common Name

Maximum Height

Typical Diameter

Minimum Temp.

Leopard (Green with black spots, tall and exotic)

40'

4"

0 F

Temple (Dark green/bronze majestic columnar structure)

30'

1.5"

-5 F

Black Groove (Green with black stripe, tall and majestic)

35'

3"

0 F

Crookstem (A rare and impressive hedge bamboo)

30'

2"

0 F

Robert Young (Yellow with random green stripe, slow-running)
Houzeau (Same as Robert Young but green with yellow groove)
Viridis (Same as Robert Young but all green)

30'

3"

0 F

Tanakae (Green with brown spots, large cane for height, very rare)

35'

4"

0 F

Violascens (Purple with green and black stripe, fast-growing)

30'

3"

0 F

Shimadake (Green with random brown stripes, rare)

40'

3"

0 F

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Common Name

Maximum Height

Typical Diameter

Minimum Temp.

Chusquea (Green, exotic, South American Clumping bamboo, salt-tolerant)

35'

1"

-0 F

Alphonse Karr (Common Clumping bamboo, not cold tolorant but good inside)

20' (varies)

1"

20 F

Silverstripe (Fast growing arching Clumping bamboo, not cold tolorant)

25'

1"

12 F

Aurea Koi (Yellow with green stripes, extended nodes, upright and slow- running)

25'

2"

0 F

Aurea Inversa (Green with yellow stripes, extended nodes, inverse of KOI)

25'

2"

0 F

Tibetan Princess (Dense clump, bright red cane, fine leaves with cascading foliage)

15'

1"

20 F

South African (Hardy and tough with open form, the only bamboo from South Africa)

14'

1"

0 F

Himalayan Blue (Blue culms in the shade, cascading foliage, a range of forms)

10' - 25'

.5 - 1.5"

25 F

Candystripe (Dense Clumper with multi-colored cane)

20'

1.5"

15 F

Mexican Weeping (Long dense leaves and arching culms - needs warm location)

20'

1.5"

27 F

Robusta (Fast growing clumper with a bold form and great coloring)

20'

1"

0 F

Borinda (Mountain Clumper with purple delicate arching canes)

18'

.5"

15 F

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Common Name

Maximum Height

Typical Diameter

Minimum Temp.

Aurea [Golden] (Green with extended nodes, hardy and fast-running, common in California)

25'

2"

0 F

Yellow Groove (Green with yellow stripes, random crooked culm, great hedge bamboo)
Alata (Same as Yellow Groove without yellow stripes, great hedge bamboo)

25'

1.5"

-10 F

Spectabilis (Yellow with green stripes, random crooked culm, purple shoots)

25'

1.5"

-10 F

Arrow (Large green leaves, straight tight-packed, small-diameter culms, salt- tolerant)

18'

.75"

-5 F

Square (Green, square culm, columnar cascading form, good in shade and indoors)

25'

1.5"

10 F

Nuda (Dark-green leaves, cold-hearty, a good hedge bamboo)
Rubromarginata, Propinqua (Similar in form to Nuda)

25'

1.5"

-15 F

Yamadorii (Green with yellow and purple, arching culm, dense foliage, fast- spreading, salt-tolerant)

25'

1.5"

-5 F

Mountain Bamboo (A great looking mountain bamboo with arching culms and tight clusters of narrow leaves)

13'

1"

0 F

Water Bamboo (One of the few that grow in wet ground, zig-zag arching culm, dense foliage.)

15'

1"

5 F

Green Onion (Large green leaves, straight tight-packed, swollen culm internodes, salt- tolerant)

18'

.75"

-5 F

Linearis (Green and slightly arching, long narrow dense foliage, slow-spreading, an elegant screen)

13'

1"

-4 F

Variegated Simonii [Medake] (Green and vertical, dense foliage, fast- spreading, wind and salt tolerant)

16'

1.5"

-10 F

Hindsii (Green, bold and upright, dense foliage, fast- spreading, wind and salt tolerant, great hedge viewed from a distance)

16'

1.5"

-4 F

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Common Name

Typical Height

Typical Diameter

Minimum Temp.

Chino (Fine leaf, arching, a hearty substitute for Mexican Weeping)

6'

.5"

-10 F

Shiroshima (Long, strongly variegated leaves, very striking and dense)

8'

.75"

-4 F

Chinese Goddess (Low delicate weeping fernlike foliage with very small leaves)

6'

.3"

12 F

Marmorea (Red bushy spires, small leaves, fast-spreading)
Marmorea Variegata (Same as Marmorea with variegated leaves)

6'

.5"

5 F

Fountain (Purple culms with cascading foliage, likes it cool and shady)

10'

.5"

-20 F

Veitchii (Dense dark-green-leaved ground cover)

3'

.25"

0 F

Kumasaca (Loves acid soil and shade - great under redwoods)

4'

.25"

-5 F

Palmata (Wide green leaves and fast-spreading)

7'

.5"

0 F

Tessellatus (Large, hanging green leaves, tropical look but cold- hardy)

6'

.25"

-5 F

Dwarf Green Stripe (Dense brilliant yellow leaves with green stripe, good house plant)

3'

.25"

0 F

White Stripe (Variegated ground cover, looks good under most conditions)

3'

.25"

-10 F

Humilis (Dense green ground cover, fast-growing)

3'

.25"

-10 F

Albostriata (Dense vivid leaves banded with cream color, good house plant)

3'

.25"

-10 F