Fargesia rufa, also called the panda bamboo, is a species from China. As with all of the fargesias, this bamboo is a clumping bamboo, meaning that it does not spread rapidly with runners. The new shoots on fargesias come up on the outside edge of the plant, resulting in a slow outward

Phyllostachys praecox is a running timber bamboo that originated from the Zhejiang Province of China. This bamboo can reach over feet in height, although in our coastal area, it will probably reach only 15 to 20 feet high and 1 to 2 inches in diameter. The stems are green with short i

Chusquea culeou is a South American native that grows in the lower elevations of the Andes Mountains, primarily in southern Chile. It can grow to a mature height of about 15′, with a spread of about 5′ within 4 – 5 years. This bamboo has a columnar to vase-shape form as a mature plant

Nuda is known as one of the most adaptable plants as it is one of the most cold hardy varietuies of bamboo, with tolerance of temperatures down to minus 20 degrees. The new canes are a dark green, almost a black color in appearance with the nodal areas creating a ring effect due to a

Do you have an indoor sun room or protected porch where you would like to have a large tropical plant to add more lushness to the décor? Bambusa multiplex ‘Alphonse Karr’ is a clumping sub-tropical species with beautiful multi colored stems that does great in containers on patios and

One of the newer bamboos in our nursery is Phyllostachys kwangsiensis, also called Moso of the North. This running timber bamboo has beautiful canes

Phyllostachys nigra, Black Bamboo, is one of the most popular bamboo variety in the gardening world. Originally from China and Taiwan, this bamboo has new green stems or  culms in the spring, and gradually over two years these stems turn ebony black. The new shoots are edible. The bla

Thamnocalamus crassinodus is a graceful clumping bamboo that is native to the high mountainous pine and spruce forests of Tibet. New canes emerge with a beautiful gray blue sheen, changing to burgundy and purple with exposure to sunlight. As with most of these species of bamboo, the c