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.

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size info #2: 3 to 4 feet tall

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We also have Black available in field specimen sizes. Please call about prices. One of my most popular bamboos, the canes start out green and over several months they turn dark black. During the process of turning the canes have a beautiful, green and black mottled appearance. This sells out quickly as I usually only have a few available each year. We have a good supply for 2009 but these go fast. Demand always seems to outstrip supply.

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size info #3: 4 - 5 feet or taller
#5: 5 to 6 feet or taller

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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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size info #2: 3 to 5 feet tall, 11 inch container
#3: 2+ canes, 4-5ft tall
#5: 3+ canes, 4-6ft tall

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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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size info #3: 4-5 ft tall
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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.

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size info #2: 1-2 canes, 2-3ft tall
#3: 2+ canes, 4-5ft tall
#5: 3+ canes, 4-6ft tall

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Largest of all the temperate bamboos, the culms can reach 7 inches in diameter. I've stood in a mature grove of this bamboo and it was awesome. Dark and still, it was like being in a jungle. Tiny leaves and giant, down covered canes make this a striking bamboo. The canes flare out at the bottom and the nodes get closer and closer together giving them a unique look. It is used for both eating and poles. China and Japan have giant forest of this bamboo. It is the bamboo used for scaffolding and the bamboo shoots used in Chinese cooking are from this species. In the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" there were some amazing scenes filmed in a bamboo grove. The bamboo was Moso. On tours of my groves this bamboo never fails to impress visitors.

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size info #3: 3 to 5 feet tall
#5: 5 to 6 feet tall

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This is one of the most striking of the giant bamboos. Big, beautiful, canes with color that just just can't be beat. My 8 year old grove has numerous culms over 4" in diameter. Buttery yellow with ocassional green stripes, just beautiful! My main grove of Robert Young Bamboo was started about 15 years ago. I rescued a truckload of plants from a grove that was being bulldozed. It has grown rampantly ever since and the grove that now lines our driveway always brings a smile to people's faces.

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size info #2: 2-3ft tall
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#5: 3+ canes, 4-6ft tall

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Striking in appearance with heavily variegated leaves. It is a fast grower and spreads quickly. A beautiful bamboo. My oldest planting is 5 years old and has reached about 12 feet in Height.

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size info #2: 2-3ft tall
#3: 4-5ft tall
#5: 4-6ft tall depending on species

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Called Stone Bamboo because its hard canes that are used for furniture and building. A nice sized bamboo with pretty green culms, this bamboo has flowered continuously for the past few years. Mine has about died off. Flowering - not currently available.

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size info #0: 2 - 4vft. tall

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This is the bamboo traditionally used for bamboo flyrods. Very straight, erect canes with smooth nodes and beautiful foliage. It has some of the highest quality timber of any bamboo and is imported into this country in large quantities. Very tropical looking. Just for looks, this is one of my favorites.

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size info #2: 1-2 canes, 2-3ft tall
#3: 2+ canes, 4-5ft tall
#5: 3+ canes, 4-6ft tall

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