BAMBOOS

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Specification of the Height of the Bamboos
 D             -               Dwarf = 3 foot
S             -               Small = 3 to 12 foot
M             -               Medium = 12- 21 foot
L              -               Large = 21- 30 foot

 S -Yushania ancepts

Evergreen spreading bamboo with erect arching stems bearing several branches at each node. Height 6-10 ft spreading -  £16.50

 S -Fargesia nitida Height 3-4 m

Clumb forming bamboo with purple culms & small leaves

S -Indocalumus latifolius Height up to 2m

Large twisted leaves good for jungly effect

S -Indocalumus solidus Height up to 2 m

Upright bamboo with tabulated branching habit. with large dark green leaves

 S -Indocalumus tessellates Height up to 2 m

Small species with large & long spear shaped leaves

 M -Phyllostachys aureo-sulcata ‘Spectabilis Height up to 5 m

Golden yellow culms with green grooves

 M -Phyllostachys bambusiodes ‘Castallonis’  Height up to 5 m

Strong growing well behaved bamboo with yellow culms with streaks of green within the grooves

 M -Phyllostachys bambusiodes ‘Castallonis Inversa’  Height up to 5 m

Strong growing well behaved bamboo with green culms with yellow grooves

 M -Phyllostachys bissetti Heigth up to 5 m

Grey-green culms with dark green leaves – good for hedges or screens

 M -Phyllostachys flexuosa Height up to 5 m

Sinuous green culms age to black and yellow in good light. Dark glossy green leaves

 D -Sasaella masamuneana ‘Albostriata’ Height up to 1 m

Dwarf bamboo with long waxy leaves with creamy-white stripes

 M -Pleioblastus simonii Height up to 4 m

Straight canes with long green leaves

 M -Semiarundinaria yashadake ‘Kimmel’ Height up to 6 m

Upright golden culms with green stripes above branch bud

 M -Semiaundinaria Okuboi Height up to 6m

Handsome tall stately, narrow branched bamboo brown to purple canes

 D -Pleioblastus ‘Vareigata’ Height up to 1m

From Japan, very thick bushy foliage with green and white leaves.

 M -Phyllostachys aurea ‘Flavescens Inversa’ Height up to 5m

From China. Green canes with a very distinct yellow stripe within the groove

 M -Semiarundinaria makinoi Height up to 5m

Canes turning purple in later life excellent for screening, isolated clump or potted specimen