Beautiful, buttery yellow canes with ocassional, thin green stripes. This is a beautiful bamboo. Not as cold hardy as some, it will do best planted in zone 7 or warmer. Very limited supply. This bamboo has not performed well where it was planted. We've since made several transplants to new areas, hopefully they will show more vigor. Very limited supply. Please contact us before ordering. 205 283 5638 email

A beautiful green bamboo with ocassional zig-zags in some of the canes. These differ from those seen in other species such as P.aureosulcata in that the zig-zags are more curved than angular and can occur high up on the culms. Shoots are very good to eat on this species. Mine grows well even in shady areas. The lack of sun has caused the bamboo to send out extremely long rhizomes, 20 to 30 feet away from the main grove.

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A great bamboo for screening. It has leaves all the way down and the canes grow very close together forming a dense barrier. This is usually the most common bamboo found in the urban areas in the southeast. It flowered several years ago and many groves died. However, many clones didn't flower and you can still find Arrow Bamboo in yards and alleys all over the city. There is a very large grove of Arrow bamboo downtown (behind the famous 16th street Baptist Church of the civil rights era). With somewhat large leaves it has a tropical look but is very cold hardy. I've seen this bamboo pruned to 8 feet and it formed a very dense screen even though it is only a couple feet thick. Definitely the best bamboo for a 10 to 15 foot screen. Planted every 5 feet or so you should have a decent bamboo screen in 2 to 4 years. Fertilizing and watering during dry spells will speed things up. It is supposed to be somewhat tolerant of salt spray and is found growing along the gulf coast in many areas. . Recommended for zones 6, 7, and 8.

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Very erect, dark green culms. The new shoots are some of the prettiest in the spring - light violet and buff striped. Very cold hardy and grows well is partial shade as well as sun. Mine has some 2 inch culms this year even though it gets only dappled sun where it's planted. I saw a grove at Steve Rays that was out in the open and formed a beautiful, fan or vase shaped grove. Bamboo comes in many shades of green and this shade has a unique beauty. Tall, slender looking canes are another characteristic of this bamboo.

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This bamboo has very distinct, prominent nodes. It grows well in sun or light shade and has beautiful shoots that are good to eat. The distinct look of the nodes give this bamboo lots of character. This bamboo deserves more attention. I believe the canes would be ideal for furniture and crafts. The nodes are just distinct enough to give it an interesting look. It is an agressive runner, andt will spread rapidly giving you a nice screen. My grove is planted out in the woods and doesn't get much attention and is doing great. The only thing keeping it from taking over the woods is the fact it's planted in the bend of a creek. The bamboo rhizomes will not cross water or an area that stays wet.

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This form of Black bamboo is a little smaller and is "supposed" to be more cold hardy. Not enough evidence yet to support this claim. It does darken up a little quicker than regular Black but not significantly. It will be awhile before we have this available in any quantities. Limited availablility - call.

This bamboo looks very similar to Giant Gray Henon. It is supposed to have a dark stripe (sulcis) on each internode. Some of my older canes do have the stripe but it is not very prominent. The canes that get more sun seem to have the darker stripe but it shows up best on canes older than 3 years or so. The timber is very high quality, great for building. After about 8 years my largest canes are almost 3 inches in diameter. My grove put up several canes larger than 3 inches last year and they now have a look that appears new to me. All frosty whte with a striped pattern beneath - kind of spooky looking.

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Beautiful yellow culms with green grooves. Some leaves are lightly variegated with cream stripes. My ten year old grove has multiple 2 inch culms this spring. When the new canes first leaf out the color is just incredible. . The grove is planted near a wooded area and is spreading into the woods at a rate of at least 10 to 20 feet each year. This bamboo was the first really expensive bamboo I bought. It was mail order from California and the single cane was bent and broken. I called the shipper, they recommended a splint and the sad, little plant has turned into an extensive grove of Castillion with many canes over 2 inches in diameter. I will have to cut some of the larger bamboo canes soon as they have begun to invade my Hibanobambusa tranquilans.

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Same as the species above only slightly smaller. Just as cold hardy too! An ideal smaller bamboo, David Bisset is a very fast spreader. Without some type of control it can cover a very large area in just a few years. My grove was planted in an area that has power lines overhead and was chosen because of the shorter heigth. We recently had our powerlines placed undeground so it's no longer a problem. It grows dense like the species above. Planted every 5 feet or so you should have a decent bamboo screen in 2 to 4 years. Fertilizing regularly, watering during dry spells, and mulching is the fastest way to get a dense screen of bamboo. Recommended for zones 6, 7, and 8.

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This bamboo will get to a height of about 10 to 15 feet in zone 5, 20 feet in zone 6, and 30 to 40 feet high in zone 7. As always, fertilizing, mulching, and watering will make a big difference. One of the more cold hardy species, this bamboo is hardy to -15 F. In time this makes a good screen as the canes grow very close together. There is a grove at the Biltmore Estate in Ashville, NC that is just incredible, so dense it's difficult to squeeze into the grove. Fast growing and spreading, it will make a screen in just a few years. I first saw this bamboo at Steve Ray's nursery and was so impressed I went home and started my own grove. I haven't seen many groves of this bamboo but it seems so distinct I feel it would be easy to spot. The way the canes grow so slender and close together give it a tropical look. It is one of the fastest spreading, running bamboos. Planted every 5 feet or so you should have a decent bamboo screen in 2 to 4 years. Fertilizing regularly, watering during dry spells, and mulching is the fastest way to get a dense screen of bamboo. Recommended for zones 6, 7, and 8.

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A pretty little groundcover with tiny leaves that have a fern-like look. Great for containers as well. Spreads like crazy. I've cut it back to the ground in the winter and it springs right back in the spring with lots of pretty, new growth. My daughter tells me this is her favorite of the small bamboos.

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New leaves in the spring are a beautiful yellow-green with green stripes. I usually mow it down in the winter allowing a flush of new growth in the spring. One of my favorite bamboos! There is another form of this species that lacks the greenstripes (P. viridistriatus 'Chrysophylus') that is also available. Both are fast growing groundcovers. I have a couple groves of the non-stripe variety planted along my drive. The recent burial of our powerlines cut right through the middle of one of the groves and I'm curious to see how it recovers this spring.

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This bamboo has dark, somewhat bluish-green canes that tend to stay very erect (not bending over). Spreads fast and makes a very pretty grove. This bamboo has high quality timber. Canes are ideal for crafts and construction.

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This bamboo will likely suffer some damage in zone 5 during the winter and won't get over about 15 feet tall. You can expect 30 to 40 feet in zone 6, and 40 to 60 feet high in zone 7. As always, fertilizing, mulching, and watering will make a big difference. This is a beautiful bamboo with very distinct, bluish gray culms. It is a giant bamboo with culms that can get to over 4" in diameter. With it's ghostly look and high quality timber this is one of my favorites bamboos. Probably one of the easiest to spot and identify from a distance. There is a grove in Birmingham that has spread through the back yards of several homes, following a small creek. They seem to love the bamboo as most keep their part of the grove well groomed. The canes have high quality timber for crafts and construction. My grove came from a huge old grove on the river. The owner was removing bamboo, trees, and everthing else growing there. I got some plants and lots of roots. I happened to get the roots at just the rigt time of the year and many sprouted. I cut a huge Giant Gray cane at the same time. It was about the maximum size, 4 and 1/2 inches in diameter and I used it one year to mount a television antenna (pre- sattelite TV days).

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This one will grow in heavy shade! With huge leaves (24" by 4") this is a very different looking bamboo. Extremely cold hardy, this one will grow in total shade! Gets about 6 to 8 feet tall, forming a mound of leaves. Looks like no other bamboo I've seen. Ideal for erosion control as it spreads rapidly, even in shady areas. I've planted several #2 size plants in a bend of a creek that had started to erode and it has stabalized very nicely after 3 years. This bamboo is ideal for a very dense, low growing screen. Planted every 5 feet or so you should have a decent bamboo screen in 2 to 4 years. Fertilizing regularly, watering during dry spells, and mulching is the fastest way to get a dense screen of bamboo. Recommended for zones 6, 7, and 8.

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This bamboo will get to a height of about 15 feet in zone 6, and 30 feet or more in zone 7. As always, fertilizing, mulching, and watering will make a big difference. This is the bamboo that we used for fish poles when I was a kid. The compacted, distored nodes at the base make it easily identifiable. These make a perfect handhold for the fising pole! With limbs coming close to the ground it makes a great screen. One of the more common bamboos in the southeast, this was popular on farms for fishing poles and bean pole stakes. It grows very dense and spreads extremely fast. It can be one of the more agressive bamboos in a warm climate but less so zone 6 and colder. Recommended for zones 6, 7, and warmer. One of the best bamboos for screening. Has limbs down close to the ground and forms a very dense grove that is difficult to penetrate. Does best in zone 7 and warmer but will also grow in zone 6 where it is less agressive. It may suffer some cold damage or leaf drop in zone 6. Try to plant in a protected area and mulch heavily if you are concerned about the cold. Not recommended areas where the temperature drops below zero regularly. Planted every 5 feet or so you should have a decent bamboo screen in 2 to 4 years. Fertilizing regularly, watering during dry spells, and mulching is the fastest way to get a dense screen of bamboo. Recommended for zones 6, 7, and 8.

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Looks like regular Golden Bamboo.

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Looks like regular Golden Bamboo but the yellow canes have a beautiful green stripes that alternates from one side to the other at each internode. Sort of the opposite flavenscens-inversa above.Doesn't get quite as large as regular Golden but has the same look with compacted nodes at the base of the culms.Planted every 5 feet or so you should have a decent bamboo screen in 2 to 4 years. Fertilizing regularly, watering during dry spells, and mulching is the fastest way to get a dense screen of bamboo.