heterocycla) is called Kikkou-chiku in Japan and is used in traditional crafts including floor pillars and flower vases.
The leaves are small, paper thin, and pale green on the upper side and darker underneath.
This bamboo spreads and prefers fertile, moist, well-draining soil.
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Plant infull sun to partial shade.
Susceptible to rust, stem smut, and slug damage.
It can be propagated by clump division.
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A small-leafed bamboo, each leaf has a white stripe in the center.
Cold hardy and versatile, it spreads quickly to fill a space.
The plants tolerate full sun to partial shade and prefer moist but well-draining soil.
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The plants are deer-resistant and do well as a privacy hedge or in containers.
Once established, this species is very difficult to eradicate.
It is cold-tolerant down to the upper 20F and will flourish in full sun to partial shade.
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The plant loves moist, well-draining soil and responds well to regular watering and organic fertilizer.
The first introduction of this species into the Western world was from Sichuan, China.
This bamboo is more sun tolerant than most clumping bamboo.
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It forms dramatic dense clumps 40 to 50 feet wide and up to 100 feet tall.
As the canes age, they turn yellow as a complementary contrast.
It is more cold-hardy than other bamboo and is suitable as an evergreen choice for hedges or privacy screening.
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It’s also considered deer-resistant.
As an added point of interest, new shoots are pink.
A clumping bamboo, it forms compact, symmetrical circles that are easy to maintain.
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Alphonse Karr works well as a container plant or as a garden privacy hedge.
It does not have running rhizomes making it easy to contain.
It’s also considered deer-resistant.
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It is not recommended for climates with a lot of intense heat or high summer humidity.
It is a highly aggressive and dominant runner that works well for erosion control on slopes.
Silver Bird (Fargesia murielae var.
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When exposed to strong sunlight, the bamboo turns its leaves to reveal the silvery underside.
New shoots are reddish, changing to thin green or yellow canes as they age.
While easy to contain, the plant has a sprawling but dense form.
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Fargesia dracocephala sp.
‘Green Panda’
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Green Panda bamboo (Fargesia dracocephalasp.
‘Green Panda’ ) is a vigorous, non-invasive clumping plant.
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Reaching only 10 feet, it produces many new rusty red culms each season.
A hardy bamboo, it tolerates lower temperatures well and does not thrive in hot, humid conditions.
If planted in full sun, some afternoon shade is preferred.
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Growing rigidly upright, it is an aggressive spreader.
The culms begin as green but when exposed to direct sunlight the canes will become yellow.
Crookstem bamboo (Phyllostachys aureosulcata var.
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‘Alata’) offers abrupt zig-zags in the lower portion of one out of about 10 culms.
It is one of the hardiest bamboos and despite the zig-zags grows rigidly upright.
Bamboo Diversity.University of Iowa.
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Bamboo Species Source List.American Bamboo Society.
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