Bamboo Identification
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We have many species of bamboo available that are currently growing throughout North America. We have added this page to help you in selecting or indentifying some species. Many species of bamboo can be identified by color, size or unique marking. However all bamboo has unique shoots when they come up in the spring. This is an excellent time to identify bamboo, but this is no walk in the park. The new bamboo shoots in the springtime is a sight of great beauty. The color and form of these new bamboo are simply amazing. We hope you enjoy the some a few photot of the new shoots.
PHYLLOSTACHYS AUREOSULCATA
'SPECTABILIS'
This little bamboo is medium height and very cold hardy.
PHYLLOSTACHYS
AUREOSULCATA
'YELLOW GROOVE'
Great cold hardy bamboo with beautiful yellow stripes.
Beautiful foliage and even in cold zone 5. This bamboo
can grow to over 20 feet in height at maturity.
PHYLLOSTACHYS
RUBROMARINGATA
'RED MARGIN BAMBOO'
This super cold hardy bamboo is our number one selling screening bamboo. Growing
to 35 feet tall and 3 inch diameter in climate zone 6 across the river
from Cincinnati, Ohio.
PHYLLOSTACHYS
BISSETII
This cold hardy bamboo grows excellent in the north. It grows to a medium height in colder areas usually
around 12 to 18 feet depending on the climate zone.
PHYLLOSTACHYS
AUREOSULCATA HARBIN
This beauty is rare or at least hard to find.
It grow to a medium height and very cold hardy.
PHYLLOSTACHYS
NUDA
PHYLLOSTACHYS
'GOLDSTRIPE' MOSO
A clone of moso that has variegated foliage on maturing canes and a scary shoot.
PHYLLOSTACHYS
THE GIANT 'ANDERSON' MOSO
This giant timber bamboo is the largest cold hardy
bamboo on earth. It does well in climate zone 7 where
winter temperatures do not drop into the single digits.
It can grow to 75 feet tall and be over 7 inches in diameter.
PHYLLOSTACHYS
VIVAX 'AUREOCAULIS'
This cultivar has been in the U.S. for just a few years
and is therefore fairly scarce. After a bamboo has been in the country
for many years and gets well established, divisions from the large groves
are available. Once all this has occurred, the price will come down.
Mature size under ideal growth is 70 feet by 5 inches in diameter.
PHYLLOSTACHYS
AUREA
'GOLDEN BAMBOO' or 'FISHPOLE BAMBOO'
Probably the most used bamboo for privacy screening in climate zones
6 and warmer. We currently have 2 and 3 gallon sizes available.
Mature size under ideal growth is 30+ feet by 2 inches in diameter.
PHYLLOSTACHYS
NIGRA 'BLACK'
Highly sought after and difficult to locate unless you order in
late Winter or early Spring when supplies are at their peak levels.
We currently have 3 gallon sizes available.
