Mountain Bamboo
If an image is available for a paticular
species, the plants name in the left collum will be clickable.
As images become available they will be added in each of the
6 galleries.
Sun:
scale 1 - 5 = full sun
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Borinda |
Min. Temp. |
Sun |
Height |
Diam |
A genus of clump-forming mountain bamboos, found in
Bhutan, tibet, Yunnan, & Sichuan. Similar in appearance
to Fargesia, but have different flowers from Fargesia and short
rhizomes unlike Yushania.
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Borinda boliana
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15° F |
3 |
18' |
0.8" |
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Drepanostachyum |
Min. Temp. |
Sun |
Height |
Diam |
Medium size clumping, mountain bamboos.
The differences between genera Drepanostachyum and Himalayacalamus
are subtle; Drepanostachyum species have many equal branches;
Himalayacalamus species have one dominant branch.
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| Drepanostachyum falcatum 'Himalayan Blue' |
15° F |
2 |
20' |
0.8" |
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Drepanostachyum kashianum |
20° F |
3 |
12' |
0.5" |
| Drepanostachyum sengteeanum (was H. falconeri)
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15° F |
3 |
30' |
1.2" |
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Fargesia |
Min. Temp. |
Sun |
Height |
Diam |
Clumping bamboos from the alpine conifer forests of
west and southwest China. Medium tosmall and all very cold hardy,
but not tolerant of extremely high summer temperatures. Flowes
like toothbrushes.
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| Fargesia dracocephala |
-10° F |
3 |
16' |
0.7" |
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Fargesia fungosa |
15° F |
3 |
20' |
1" |
| Fargesia murieliae |
-20° F |
2 |
15' |
0.4" |
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Fargesia nitida Fountain bamboo |
-20° F |
2 |
12' |
0.5" |
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Himalayacalamus |
Min. Temp. |
Sun |
Height |
Diam |
A newly defined genus of clump-forming
bamboos of the lower altitudes of the Himalayan mountains.
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Himalayacalamus asper (was N. microphyllis) |
15° F |
2 |
20' |
0.8" |
| Himalayacalamus falconeri 'Damarapa' |
25° F |
3 |
20' |
0.3" |
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Himalayacalamus hookerianus |
15° F |
3 |
30' |
2" |
| Himalayacalamus porcatus |
25° F |
3 |
20' |
1" |
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Thamnocalamus |
Min. Temp. |
Sun |
Height |
Diam |
Clumping bamboos from the mountains of
eastern Asia and Africa, similar to Fargesia.
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| Thamnocalamus aristatus |
5° F |
|
12' |
4" |
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Thamnocalamus spathifolorus |
0° F |
3 |
16' |
1" |
| Thamnocalamus tessellatus |
0° F |
4 |
16' |
1" |
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Yushania |
Min. Temp. |
Sun |
Height |
Diam |
A large group of spreading thornless frost-hardy
bamboos from Taiwan, the Himalayas and Africa. Rhizomes pachymorph,
often with long rootless necks, but also tillering, so forming
spreading thickets.
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Yushania anceps |
0° F |
3 |
12' |
0.5" |
| Yushania anceps ‘Pitt white’ |
0° F |
3 |
15' |
0.5" |
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Yushania maling |
0° F |
4 |
15' |
2" |
