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Botanical / Common Name
Description
Photo
Phyllostachys aureosulcata
Yellow-Groove Bamboo
(Screening Bamboo) 38 ft., green culms with yellow grooves, semi-evergreen, Zone 5
Phyllostachys aureosulcata
Phyllostachys bissetii (Screening Bamboo) 18-25 ft.,sun, shade, dense dark green culms, Zone 5
Phyllostachys bissetii
Phyllostachys meyeri (Screening Bamboo) 30 ft., sun, part shade, Zone 6b
Phyllostachys nigra
Black Bamboo
(Screening Bamboo) 20 ft., ebony stems with shiny green leaves. Zone 7-10
Phyllostachys nuda (Screening Bamboo) 24 ft., dark green clums, hardiest Phyllostachys, Zone 5-10
Phyllostachys nuda
Phyllostachys viridis (Screening Bamboo) 50 ft., sun, part shade, lighter culms, Zone 6b
Pleioblastus chrysophyllus (Clumping Bamboo) 1-2 ft., sun, shade, ground cover, golden variegated, Zone 5-10
Pleioblastus distichus (Clumping Bamboo) 1-2 ft., sun, shade, ground cover, 3-4 ft., bright green fanned foliage, an excellent ground cover, Zone 5-10
Pleioblastus distichus 'Mini' (Clumping Bamboo) 1-2 ft., sun, shade, ground cover, 1 ft. dwarf version of distichus, Zone 5-10
Pleioblastus fortunei variegatus (Clumping Bamboo) 1-2 ft., sun, shade, ground cover, variegated white foliage, Zone 5-10
Pleioblastus okinosasa (Clumping Bamboo) 1-2 ft., sun, shade, ground cover, green foliage with fan palm leave, Zone 5-10
Pleioblastus pygmaeus (Arun, pygmaea)
Pygmy Bamboo
(Clumping Bamboo) 1-2 ft., sun, shade, ground cover, 1-2 ft., makes excellent ground cover, slender bright green leaves, Zone 5-10
Pleioblastus simonii (Clumping Bamboo) 1-2 ft., sun, shade, ground cover, 20 ft. mostly sunny, graceful appearance with elegant leaves, Zone 5-10
Pleioblastus tsugosasa (Clumping Bamboo) 1-2 ft., sun, shade, ground cover, tuft, low growing, small foliage, Zone 5-10
Pleioblastus viridistriatus (Clumping Bamboo) 1-2 ft., sun, shade, ground cover, 2-3 ft., golden variegated foliage, Zone 5-10
Pseudosasa japonicus (Clumping Bamboo) 18 ft., sun, part shade, good specimen, , Zone 6
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