This Java native has large leaves and thick-walled culms which are densely hairy when young. Clump growth is fairly open, with culms erect or arching above.
Tabasheer is a translucent white substance, composed mainly of silica and water with traces of lime and potash, obtained from within the culms, at the nodal joints, of some species of bamboo. It is especially sought after, and found, within the culms of this species. Tabasheer is claimed to provide a variety of health benefits and is used in traditional Indian and Chinese medicines.
Will grow to 65' tall with 4" diameter culms. Minimum temp 27 degrees F - USDA Zone 9b
This has been the most popular tropical black bamboo during the past decade. Although the newer B. lako has become our top selling bamboo, there's still plenty of demand for this beauty. It is a tight clumper at the base but opens up as the culms arch outward, like a fountain. A perfect focal point for any garden.
Up to 40' with 3" culms. Min. temp 28?F. Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
Culms erect, straight and easily worked. Edible shoots. A large-growing, timber bamboo.
50' with 4" culms in Florida. Min. temp 28�F. Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
A medium-sized bamboo, grown primarily as an ornamental. Beautiful, striated culms; beige-yellow striped on blue-gray.
About 40' tall with 3" dia. culms. Minimum temp. 29 degrees F. Min USDA zone: 9a. Click to find your zone.
A medium-sized bamboo, grown primarily as an ornamental.
Leaf sheath initially pubescent; glabrous in age. Inflorescence on leafless branches. Culm leaves (sheaths) are distinctly mottled in a snakeskin pattern.
This imperfectly understood species is known only from its type gathering. It may represent one of many little-known, cultivated Gigantochloa species of Southern Yunnan, or it may perhaps have become extinct in the wild. Click to find your zone.
Similar to G.kuring Rachel Carson but a bit more vigorous and larger overall. This version was also the first of the two in Florida. Lavender stripes on the new culms. When mature, the stripes fade and some of the culms can turn a burnt orange color. Erect and symetrical. Can make a wonderful landscape statement.
30' with 1.5" culms in Florida. Min. temp 28°F. Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
Young culms densely covered with brown or white tomenta, turning whitish gray when full grown. Edible shoots. We expect to have availability in 2014.
About 40' tall with 3" dia. culms. Minimum temp. 29 degrees F. Min USDA zone: 9a. Click to find your zone.
From Thailand (South) and Malaysia (North). Found in open evergreen forest, disturbed lowland forest, scrub and wasteland. Normally at low elevations up to 1800'.
Imported through USDA quarantine in 2012, released to us in 2013. About 30' tall with 2" dia. culms. Minimum temp. 29 degrees F. Min USDA zone: 9a. Click to find your zone.
Collected in From Surat Thani, Thailand, this variety of G.ligulata cleared USDA quarantine in 2018. Typical overall form for the species, its most notable feature is that it has predominately WHITE culms. Thin green, irregular pinstripes remain on the culms but white is dominant. White culmed bamboos are most often the result of a powdery white bloom that covers new shoots and young culms of certain bamboo species. There is no powdery bloom on this bamboo. The white appearance is simply the ornamental effect of this particular culm striation pattern.
Grows to about 25' tall with 1.5" dia. culms. Minimum temp. 29 degrees F. Min USDA zone: 9a. Click to find your zone.
Collected in Thailand, this variety of G.ligulata cleared USDA quarantine in 2018. Typical overall form for the species, the notable feature is that it has predominately white culms. Green, irregular pinstripes remain on the culms but, white is dominant. Test growing at Tropical Bamboo Nursery. Availability possible by late 2024 but more likely in early 2025.
Grows to about 25' tall with 1.5" dia. culms. Minimum temp. 29 degrees F. Min USDA zone: 9a. Click to find your zone.
Similar, but grows slightly larger than G.luteostriata 4776. Variegated leaves and a fountain shaped form make it a nice focal point in smaller gardens. The two varieties of G.luteostriata (4776 & 4447) were identified by Dr. Elizabeth Widjaja in Java, Indonesia. Will grow to about 18' tall with 3/4" diameter culms in Florida. Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
One of the endemic bamboo species of Java, Indonesia. Found in the secondary tropical forest of Meru Betiri National Park, East Java, Indonesia.
Large leaves with naturally branchless lower culms. Grows in a fountain shape that's typical of many species of Gigantochloa.
About 30' tall at maturity with 2 dia. culms. Minimum temp. 29 degrees F. Min USDA zone: 9a. Click to find your zone.
This Indonesian ornamental was originally numbered G-4761. It is a medium-sized ornamental with an interesting striping pattern on the culm sheaths. Sometimes called Tiger Stripe Bamboo. The culms are green with cream-colored vertical pinstripes. Leaves are fairly narrow for a Gigantochloa. Should grow to 30' tall. Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
Formerly G.verticillata.
This is a must-have for collectors of large bamboos. Breathtaking variegation on massive culms and sheaths. It is a tight clumper
and is generally branchless at the base. Will grow to at least
60' tall with 5" diameter culms in Florida. Min. temp 28�F. Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
Culms highly variegated with cream colored stripes. This smaller variety of G.pseudoarundinacia was erroneously referred to as G.maxima in Florida (no logical explanation - Maxima is a synonym for the LARGE variety). Correctly identitified by Dr. Elizabeth Widjaja in 2003.
This variety grows to 45' tall. Minimum temperature 28 degrees F. Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
