BAMBOO - List of Hedging / Screening / Privacy Plants
This section lists the temperate bamboo plant species we are growing. Although
they are temperate, and many of the temperate bamboos do not grow well in
South Florida, we have been test-growing and selecting the species that
perform well in our climate. These species will, of course, be well-suited
for colder climates as well. They are all running bamboos with various
levels of aggressiveness and may require a method of containment to keep the
from spreading beyond your intended planting area. Most are ideal bamboos
for containers.
Dendrocalamus latiflorus x D.daii x B.textilis - Triple Hybrid Bamboo*New
Called "Triple Hybrid Bamboo", although there are actually two different triple hybrids. We've been working to successfully get the second version into USDA quarantine.
One of several hybrid bamboos that caught our interest in China. A select group of different bamboo species were forced into flower and cross-pollinated by Professor Zhang Guangchu (Guangdong Forestry Research Institute). The primary objective was to combine the best features of superior edible shoot producing bamboos. Many also exhibited ornamental qualities and, with some, we've begun the importation process.
This hybrid is a combination of three species - a complex process that results in striated culms. The culms also grow slightly zig-zag. Ornamentally, it is spectacular. Imported from Yunnan, China in July/2012 and released to us by the USDA in the summer of 2013.
Will grow to at least 45' tall with 3" - 4" diameter culms. 2023 UPDATE: cold hardy down to low 20's. Click here to find zone.
The new culms are dark green covered with white powder which gives them a bluish look. Small clumping, mountain bamboo. Should not be grown in full-sun - especially in South Florida. Does well when planted in filtered sunlight. Will grow to about 8'-10' tall. Min USDA zone: 8b. 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.
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.
Gigantochloa sp. Ohrnberger - Black Thai Bamboo*New
Another black bamboo? Yes, but this beauty has its own, unique features. Incredibly the culms are solid to mostly solid. This means there's potential for lots of design applications (furniture, construction, crafts, etc). Another unique feature are the green branches on black culms. Other black bamboos generally have black culms AND branches.
This bamboo was recently discovered in Thailand by Dieter Ohrnberger, author of 'The Bamboos of the World'. Ohrnberger observed that the black culms are not glabrous and glossy like Bambusa lako nor are they matte black like G.atroviolacea. The culms are somewhat in between, with a satin look and feel. Dieter Ohrnberger has it as a Gigantochloa species but it does not yet have a species name. Tropical Bamboo Nursery imported it as Gigantochloa sp. Ohrnberger and we've given it the common name 'Black Thai Bamboo'.
Should grow up to 30' with 2" diameter culms in Florida. Minimum temp. 29 degrees F. Min USDA zone: 9a. Click to find your zone.
A large tufted elegant bamboo with thin, delicate leaves. Culms straight and culm leaves (sheaths) are not retained on new culms, unlike T.siamensis. When culm sheaths are shed, new culms reveal a distinct lime-green color. Very tight clumping pattern. This is a rare species in the U.S. so we're still test-growing.
Will grow to at least 40' tall with 2.5" diameter culms in Florida. Minimum temp. 27 degrees F. Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
One of the most graceful bamboos known. Culm walls very thick,
almost solid - small leaves. Extremely erect and tight clumping. Culms used for umbrella handles in Thailand. Planted as an ornamental by Buddhist monks around temples. Shoots edible. There are several cultivars of this species in distribution within the U.S. and we've collected four different forms (so far). This one we call 'standard' as it is the truest in form. 40' with 3" culms. Min. temp 25�F.
Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
This is a cultivar that we picked up in Clifornia. Compared to the cultivar we call 'standard' it grows with the same tight clump form but not as erect - the culms open at the top and arch outward a bit. The leaves are also somewhat thinner than the leaves on the standard form.
Min. temp 25�F.
Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
A cultivar that we picked up in Hawaii. Still too young to determine the mature characteristics. It is already distinguishing itself from our other cultivars but we'll wait another growth season before describing the differences.
Min. temp 25°F.
Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
Among the siamensis cultivars, this one is the easiest to distinguish. It has tiny leaves and the overall form starts mushroom-shaped then, after a few years, matures with a distinct hourglass shape. The clump is still typically tight. It was propagated from seedling stock by Redlands Nursery in South Florida.
Min. temp 25�F.
Min USDA zone: 9b. Click to find your zone.
