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The products we currently have in stock are listed below. Please click the "common name" for photographs and/or additional description.
(A printable order form is available under 'Shipping and Terms').

Bamboo

There are over 1300 varieties of bamboo worldwide, so we only grow a few of these, mostly temperate ("running") bamboos. Listed below are the bamboos currently available for shipping. Others will be added as they become available.

Quoted sizes are approximate for shipping; Larger sizes are available for pickup or for volume delivery by truck.
Small: (1 gal or 8 in rootball, 1-2 ft high)
Medium: (2 gal or 9 in rootball, 2-4 ft high)
Large: (3 gal or 10 in rootball, 4-8 ft high)

Scientific Name
Common Name

Indocalamus

I. latifolius 'Solidus'
Large dark-green leaves. Almost solid 8 ft culms to 3/8 in diameter. Minus 5 degrees.
Small = $ 30 : Medium = $ 40
Scientific Name
Common Name

Phyllostachys

Ph. aurea
Golden mature culms. 27 ft culms to 1 3/4 in diameter. Zero degrees.
Small = $ 30 : Medium = $ 40 : Large = $ 50
Ph. aureosulcata
Yellow grooved culms. 26 ft culms to 1 1/2 in diameter. Minus 10 degrees.
Small = $ 30 : Medium = $ 40 : Large = $ 50
Ph. aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'
Yellow, green-striped culms. 26 ft culms to 1 1/2 in diameter. Minus 10 degrees.
Small = $ 30 : Medium = $ 40 : Large = $ 50
Ph. bambusoides
Large, green, straight thick-walled culms. 70 ft culms to 5 in diameter. 5 degrees.
Small = $ 30 : Medium = $ 40 : Large = $ 50
Ph. bambusoides 'Castillon'
Yellow, green-striped culms. 35 ft culms to 2 in diameter. 5 degrees.
Small = $ 40 : Medium = $ 50 : Large = $ 65
Ph. nigra
Delicate leaves on black, 30 ft culms to 2 in diameter. Zero degrees.
(Very limited supply of Black Bamboo!)

Small = $ 45 : Medium = $ 55 : Large = $ 65
Ph. rubromarginata
Light-green leaves, green, 55 ft culms to 2 3/4 in diameter. Minus 5 degrees.
Small = $ 30 : Medium = $ 40 : Large = $ 50
Ph. viridis 'Robert Young'
Yellow, green-striped, 40 ft culms to 3 in diameter. Zero degrees.
Small = $ 30 : Medium = $ 40 : Large = $ 50
Scientific Name
Common Name

Pleioblastus

Pl. pygmaeus
Short, dense foilage. Ground cover, 2 ft culms to 1/8 in diameter. 10 degrees.
One Quart Pot = $ 12.00
Scientific Name
Common Name

Pseudosasa

Ps. japonica
Large leaves, straight slender 18 ft culms to 3/4 in diameter. Zero degrees.
Small = $ 30 : Medium = $ 40
Ps. japonica 'Tsutsumiana'
Large leaves, swollen internodes, 18 ft culms to 3/4 in diameter. Zero degrees.
Small = $ 30 : Medium = $ 40

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Last Updated: 01/27/2007
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