bamboo ranch your southwest source for bamboo To schedule an appointment call: 520-743-9879 or email: bambooranch@juno Home Plant List Featured Bamboo Bamboo Gallery Clumping Bamboos Running Bamboos Other Plants Clumping Bamboos BALCOOA BAMBOO Bambusa balcooa » Return to Top GIANT, POLES Origin: INDIA, NEPAL RARE Up to 80 tall x 6 1/4 dia. Hardy to 18`F, FULL SUN SHOOTS EDIBLE A beautiful, giant, thick-walled bamboo useful for construction. It has very large leaves and the poles have long arching tips which give it a very poetic appearance, like giant fishing poles. The long perpendicular branches can make the poles difficult to extract if the grove isnt regularly thinned. It is prized in India for use as scaffolding, beams, pillars and splits for wall panels for houses. It is probably the largest species which can grow in Tucson. GIANT THORNY BAMBOO Bambusa bambos » Return to Top GIANT Origin: INDIA RARE Up to 100 tall x 7 dia. Hardy to 27`F (has survived short exposures to 19`F) SHOOTS BITTER A fast-growing giant tropical bamboo much used for timber and pulp in India. When large, the lower branches get long and are armed with large, curved thorns, forming an impenetrable barrier. It is natually deciduous, displaying fall colors before dropping its leaves. While being rather drought tolerant, it is one of the few bamboos that doesnt mind wet feet. Give it some room, its a large plant. BEECHEY BAMBOO Bambusa beecheyana » Return to Top ORNAMENTAL Origin: CHINA Up To 55 tall x 5 diam. Hardy to 18`F, FULL SUN SHOOTS DELICIOUS A very fast growing hardy tropical with hard, useful poles used for rafts and pipes. It has short internodes and arching tips, giving it a poetic appearance. The summer shoots are fat and tasty. SPINY BAMBOO Bambusa blumeana » Return to Top TIMBER Origin: INDONESIA RARE Up to 60 tall x 5 dia. Hardy to 15`F, FULL SUN SHOOTS EDIBLE A tall, useful bamboo with very hard wood and spiny lower branches. Used for construction, basketry, furniture, parquets, etc. STRIKING BAMBOO Bambusa boniopsis* » Return to Top ORNAMENTAL Origin: CHINA RARE Up to 25 tall x 2 diam. Hardy to 15`F, FULL SUN A very attractive landscape plant with thick walled, useful poles and long, wide leaves . Its compact size makes it the perfect choice for a small garden space. Grows very rapidly and has few low branches. This plant is an outstanding landscape species but more closely resembles a Dendrocalamus than a Bambusa and it is probably related to Dendrocalamus minor, a very cold-hardy member of the genus. BURMA BAMBOO Bambusa burmanica » Return to Top GIANT Origin: BURMA, THAILAND RARE Up to 60 tall x 6 dia. Hardy to 25`F (has survived short exposures to 19`F), FULL SUN A large, attractive plant that is used for construction or as a windbreak. The poles are straight and very dense making it useful for house construction. TROPICAL BLUE BAMBOO Bambusa chungii » Return to Top ORNAMENTAL Origin: CHINA RARE Up to 32 tall x 2 dia. Hardy to 21`F, PART SHADE One of the most beautiful and sought after bamboos. The dark green culms are covered with a white waxy powder which makes them appear sky blue. The poles are thin walled and have long internodes making it useful for making flutes and splitting for weaving. It is an outstanding ornamental plant. BARBELLATA BLUE BAMBOO Bambusa chungii barbellata » Return to Top ORNAMENTAL Origin: CHINA RARE Up to 22 tall x 1 ½ dia. Hardy to 21`F, PART SHADE A smaller form of Tropical Blue Bamboo. Makes a beautiful landscape plant. DRAGONS NEST BAMBOO Bambusa dissimulator » Return to Top TIMBER Origin: CHINA RARE UP TO 50 tall x 3 diam. Hardy to 15`F FULL SUN A very fast growing hardy tropical with hard, thick walled, useful poles used for construction and as carrying poles. Makes a dense grove of both erect and arching culms. The long branches make it useful as a green fence or windbreak. Deals with the desert heat very well. GIANT GREENSTRIPE Bambusa dolichoclada Stripe » Return to Top TIMBER, ORNAMENTAL Origin: TAIWAN RARE UP TO 65 tall x 4 diam. Hardy to 20`F FULL SUN A beautiful giant bamboo. Culms are a waxy yellow with dark green stripes. Used in weaving or as a windbreak. Poles are hard and useful. GREEN-STRIPED BLOWPIPE BAMBOO Bambusa dolichomerithalla greenstripe » Return to Top ORNAMENTAL Origin: TAIWAN RARE Up to 35 tall x 2 dia. Hardy to 15`F FULL SUN A beautiful accent plant with yellow culms and dark green stripes. The lower nodes are free of branches. Traditionally used as blowpipe for cooking. SILVER-STRIPE BLOWPIPE BAMBOO Bambusa dolichomerithalla silverstripe » Return to Top ORNAMENTAL Origin: TAIWAN RARE Up to 35 tall x 2 dia. Hardy to 15`F FULL SUN A beautiful accent plant with green culms with silver stripes. The lower nodes are free of branches. Traditionally used as blowpipe for cooking. ASIAN LEMON BAMBOO Bambusa eutuldoides viridivittata » Return to Top ORNAMENTAL, POLES Origin: HONG KONG RARE Up to 40 tall x 2 ½ dia. Hardy to 13`F FULL SUN A beautiful and useful plant, it has lemon yellow canes with dark green stripes. The new shoots have orange and peach tones with stripes. The poles are hard and durable and used for farm implements, scaffolding and houses. Formerly it was called Bambusa textilis vittata. PURPLE-STRIPE BAMBOO Bambusa intermedia » Return to Top ORNAMENTAL Origin: YUNNAN, CHINA RARE Up to 30 tall x 2 dia. Hardy to 15`F FULL SUN A medium-sized bamboo from the temperate areas of south China where it is used as a source of edible shoots and strong, thick walled poles. Culms are dark green with purplish streaks making it an attractive landscape plant. The poles are used for weaving and farm implements. TIMOR BLACK BAMBOO Bambusa lako » Return to Top ORNAMENTAL, POLES Origin: TIMOR, INDONESIA RARE Up to 70 tall x 4 dia. Hardy to 25`F FULL SUN A gorgeous bamboo having purple-black culms with occasional lime-green pinstripes. The wood is hard and useful for construction or musical instruments. It is much sought after as a landscape plant. PRING TUTUL (SPOTTED BAMBOO) Bambusa maculata » Return to Top ORNAMENTAL Origin: BALI, INDONESIA VERY RARE Up to 60 x 5 dia. Hardy to 25`F FULL SUN A beautiful bamboo much sought after for the furniture trade due to the brown spots which develop on the mature culms. It is only found in Bali and is extremely rare. SEA BREEZE BAMBOO Bambusa malingensis » Return to Top TALL HEDGE Origin: HAINAN ISLAND, HONG KONG Up to 35 tall x 2 1/2 dia. Hardy to 15`F FULL SUN A fast-growing, useful bamboo with strong, straight poles for frames, crafts or light construction. Quickly makes a dense hedge and windbreak. It is resistant to salt spray, alkaline soils, and easily withstands the desert heat. WAYA BAMBOO Bambusa membranacea ( = Dendrocalamus membranaceus) » Return to Top TIMBER Origin: THAILAND, BURMA, LAOS RARE Up to 70 tall by 4 diam. Hardy to 25`F FULL SUN SHOOTS EDIBLE A large, fast growing, useful bamboo with straight, thin walled but strong culms. It grows in open clumps with widely spaced culms arching at the tips, making it an attractive landscape plant. HEDGE BAMBOO Bambusa multiplex » Return to Top HEDGE Origin: CHINA Up to 25 tall x 1 1/2 dia. Hardy to 12`F FULL SUN This is the hardiest species in the genus Bambusa. It makes a dense hedge or a good windbreak,with many branches at each node. It is also used for weaving and as binder material for papermaking. Sometimes it is used as an ornamental plant near temples. Can grow in wet places better than most bamboos. bambooranch.net/plantlist.php
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