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KEY TO THE BAMBOO DESCRIPTIONS

Botanical name - Common name: English, Thai, Japanese, or Chinese, etc. A short descriptive paragraph about each species or variety. The six numbers and letter codes below the description are, from left to right:

1)The sunlight tolerance for best performance - full sun, 1/2 day sun or shade.
2)Full bamboo height in feet.
3)Full diameter in inches.
4)Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit where leaf kill may begin. Rhizomes may tolerate 10-15 degrees colder.
5)Recommended USDA Zones.
6)Running bamboo are designated with an R and clumping type spreaders with a C.

SHRUB BAMBOO

These bamboo will reach six to eight feet tall. All will grow with a mounding mass of leaves and very little culm showing. There are several different leaf colors and sizes available. Use as fillers, in pots and mass planting.

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BAMBOO NAME

NOTE

1 GAL

2 GAL

3 GAL

OTHER

Arundinaria gigantea tecta - SWITCH CANE

$20

$30

Seedlings grown from a form of the native North American bamboo known a CANE BRAKE. These may
get larger than noted. Use for native plantings in the Southeast to Indiana and Ohio.
1) sun 2) 6' 3) 1/2" 4) -10 F 5) 6-10 6) R (follows same order in all descriptions below...)

Chimonobambusa macrophylla 'Intermedia'

$10

$20

$30

A large leaved Chimonbambusa with swollen internodes. Attractive but a quickly spreading runner.
1/2 10' 1/2" 10 F? 8-10 R

Chimonobambusa marmorea - MARBLED BAMBOO, DWARF BLACK BAMBOO, KANCHIKU

$20

$30

$40

The new shoots have purple blotches. Older culms turn dark mahogany. Culm sheaths are mottled
beige-mahogany.
1/2 6' 1/2" 15 F 8-10 R

Chimonobambusa marmorea variegata

$20

$30

$40

The leaves are sparingly striped in white. With proper sun exposure and pruning, the culms turn
lobster red.
1/2 6' 1/2" 15 F 8-10 R

Indocalamus latifolius

$10

$15

A large-leaved bamboo with foot long foliage.
Shade 10' 1/2" 0 F 7-10 R

Indocalamus tessellatus - LARGE LEAVED BAMBOO, TESSELLATED BAMBOO

$15

$20

$40

Usually stays under 4 feet tall. Has the longest leaves of any bamboo (24" X 4"). Looks best in shade
or under trees. Excellent choice for pots.
Shade 7' 1/2" -5 F 6-10 R

Pleioblastus chino kimmei

$15

$20

A beautiful colored bamboo with yellow culms green groove all shaded with pink. Long dark green
leaves with an occasional stripe.
Shade 10' 3/4" 0 F 7-10 R

Pleioblastus chino murakamianus - GINTAI-AZUMANEZASA

$12

$20

75% of the leaves are white striped. Some are pure white. Leaf is similar to Pleio. variegatus.
1/2 10' 3/4" 0 F 7-10 R

Plieoblastus chino vaginata variegata -AZUMANEZASA

$10

$15

Narrow variegated leaves that are more white than green.
1/2 6' 1/2" 0 F 7-10 R

Pleioblastus kongosanensis aureostriatus

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$15

$20

An attractive shrub sized bamboo with an occasional wide stripe of gold on the leaf.
1/2 6' 1/4" 0 F 7-10 R

Sasa kurielensis simofuri

$25

$35

A variety of a shrub bamboo that is widely distributed in Japan. This one has fine white variegation on
its leaves.
1/2 6' 1/2" 0 F 7-10 R

Sasa palmata - PALM LEAVED BAMBOO

$10

$15

$30

The attractive large leaves (up to 15" X 2 1/2") have an erect form. A hardy plant with a tropical
appearance. Performs best in the shade but nice looking specimens have been seen growing in full
sun. Great leaves for food wraps or embellished gourmet presentations.
1/2 8' 1/2" -5 F 6-10 R

Sasa tsuboiana

$10

$15

A fast grower to shrub size. Broad green leaves like S. veitchii. The leaves stay green all year.
Nice looking.
1/2 6' 1/4" -15 F 5-10 R

Sasa veitchii - KUMA-ZASA

$15

$25

$40

The wide green leaves turn light beige along the leaf margin in the Fall. The effect the pattern makes
is unique and spectacular.
1/2 5' 1/4" 0 F 7-10 R

Sasaella masumeana

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$10

$20

A green leaved shrub size bamboo from Japan. Large leaves enhance the shapely form.
1/2 6' 1/4" 0 F 7-10 R

Sasaella masumeana albostriata - FUIRI-SHIIYAZASA

$12

$20

A variegated bamboo with large thick leaves striped boldly in green, cream and white.
1/2 6' 1/4" 0 F 7-10 R

Shibatea kumasaca - OKAME-ZASA, RUSCUS LEAVED BAMBOO

$15

$20