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My Collection of Bamboo

See the price list for bamboo that I have for sale now. Some of my collection are extremely rare bamboo new to western cultivation and may not be for sale for several years, if at all. If you'd like to see one particular bamboo during a garden tour please don't forget to ask me!

Clumping Non-Invasive Bamboo Collection (Year Aquired & Notes)

  • Borinda macclureana (2008 - sizes up very quickly, cold hardy)
  • Borinda papyrifera (2008 - CS1046 collection, damaged by NW cold)
  • Borinda yulongshanensis (2006 - cold hardiest Borinda, erect with nodding top, small leaf)
  • Fargesia dracocephala 'Rufa' (2005 - extremely drought and cold tolerant)
  • Fargesia fractiflexa (2010 - this is probably a Borinda)
  • Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou #1 (2005 - short branches, small leaf, beautiful red culms)
  • Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou #4 (2008 - shorter, dark red almost black culms)
  • Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou #10 (2009 - yellow culms, vigorous)
  • Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou 'Geneva' (2010 - smaller seedling, excellent coloring)
  • Fargesia murielae (1998 - seedling)
  • Fargesia murielae 'Vampire' (2010 - from Europe, sun tolerant, dark purple culms)
  • Fargesia nitida 'Petunia' (2004 seedling - upright, vigorous, spectacular autumn color at leaf change)
  • Fargesia nitida Great Wall™ (2005 - powdery white light green culms)
  • Fargesia nitida 'Nanping' (2005 seedling - shiny leaves)
  • Fargesia robusta 'Campbell' (2002 - small leaf, vigorous, erect, superior form)
  • Fargesia robusta 'Pingwu' (2005 - smaller size, larger leaf, not quite as erect)
  • Fargesia sp. Scabrida (2005 - stunning color, semi-erect, vigorous)
  • Fargesia sp. Scabrida 'Silver Dragon' (2010 - very rare variegated form)
  • Fargesia sp. Taibashan II (2010 -  Probably a nitida form, broad leaf, vigorous and erect)
  • Himalayacalamus hookerianus 'Blue Bamboo' (2002 - not cold hardy in NW)
  • Thamnocalamus crassinodus 'Kew Beauty' (2008 - blue to dark red culms, damaged by NW cold each year)
  • Thamnocalamus crassinodus 'Merlyn' (2005 - vigorous, blue culms, damaged by NW cold each year)

Running Invasive Bamboo Collection

  • Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' (2003)
  • Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' (2003)
  • Phyllostachys nigra (1996)
  • Phyllostachys nigra 'Daikokuchiku' (2002)
  • Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon' (2001)
  • Pleioblastus viridistriatus (2005)
  • Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda (2005)
  • Semiarundinaria fastuosa (2003)
  • Semiarundinaria yashadake 'Kimmei' (2006)
  • Sinobambusa intermedia (2009 - flowering 2011)