Bamboo Species Gallery
The following is a condensed list of our favorite bamboo species. Contact us to find out which ones propagate well in the sunny, mediterranean climate of Southern California with limited water.
Young shoot of a Phyllostachys pubescens
Phyllostachys pubescens
aka "Moso"
Young shoot of a Phyllostachys pubescens
Phyllostachys vivax
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Sinobambusa tootsik ‘Albostriata’
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Phyllostachys nigra
Bambusa lako
Bambusa ventricosa
Dendrocalamus giganteus
d. giganteus with former ABS pres. Suzanne Lucas in Sikkim.
Photo: Darrel Deboer
Dendrocalamus sinicus
Dendrocalamus sinicus, the dragon bamboo, is a gigantic clumping bamboo native to Yunnan Province of China and to Laos. It has the largest culms of any known species of bamboo; up to 14.5 inches (37 cm) wide with culm walls up to 2.3 inches (6 cm) thick[1] and the culm up to 151 feet (46 meters) in height. Each culm can weigh up to 990 pounds (450 kg) apiece.
Photo: Darrel DeBoer