Bamboo Species List
Updated as of November 11, 2008
and Price
Varies on variety and size. Please call (916) 300-6335 or e-mail sean@madmanbamboo.com for specific pricing and availability. Plants available online and can be shipped to most parts of the U.S. Click here to learn more.
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Bambusa beechyana "Beechey Bamboo"
Bambusa multiplex, "Alphonse Karr"
Bambusa multiplex "Green Alphonse - Midori"
Bambusa mulitiplex, "Golden Goddess"
Bambusa multiplex,"Riviereorum" Chinese Goddess
Bambusa multiplex, "Silverstripe"
Bambusa multiplex "Striped Young"
Bambusa oldhamii, "Giant Clumping Timber Bamboo"
Bambusa textilis "Weaver's Bamboo"
Bambusa tuldoides "Punting Pole"
Bambusa tuldoides "Ventrosica" Buddha's Belly
Bambusa tuldoides "Ventrosica Kimmei"
Borinda boliana
Borinda fungosa
Chusquea culeou
Chusquea culeou "Cana Prieta"
Chusquea gigantea
Chusquea sulcata
Depranostachyum segteeanum
Fargesia dracocephela, "White Dragon"
Fargesia muriliae, "Umbrella Bamboo"
Fargesia nitida "Jiuzhaigou"
Fargesia robusta
Himalayacalamus falconeri, "Damarapa" Candy Stripe Bamboo
Himalayacalamus hookerianus "Teague's Blue"
Himanlayacalamus porcatus
Thamnocalamus crassinodus "Kew Beauty"
Thamnocalamus crassinodus "Merlin"
Thamnocalamus tessellatus "Bergamboes"
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Chinobambusa marmorea
Chinobambusa quadrangularis "Square Bamboo"
Chinobambusa quadrangularis "Suow"
Hibanobambusa tranquillans "Shiroshima"
Indocalamus tesselatus
Phylostachys aurea "Dr. Don"
Phylostachys aurea "Koi"
Phylostachys aurea "Holochysa"
Phylostachys aureosulcata "Aureocaulis"
Phylostachys aureosulcata "Harbin"
Phylostachys aureosulcata "Spectabalis" Green Groove
Phylostachys bambusoides "Allgold"
Phylostachys bambusoides "Castillon"
Phylostachys bambusoides "Madake-Giant Japanese Timber"
Phylostachys bambusoides "Marliac"
Phylostachys bissetti
Phylostachys bissetti "Dwarf"
Phylostachys heteroclada "Water Bamboo"
Phylostachys heterocycla "Moso"
Phylostachys humilis
Phylostachys nigra "Black Bamboo"
Phylostachys nigra "Bory - Leopard Skin Bamboo"
Phylostachys nigra "Henon"
Phylostachys nigra "Punctata" Giant Black
Phylostachys viridis "Robert Young"
Phylostachys vivax
Phylostachys vivax "Aureocaulis"
Pleioblastus akebono
Pleioblastus chino "Vaginatus Variegatus"
Pleioblastus fortunei "Dwarf Whitestripe"
Pleioblastus humilis
Pleioblastus pygmaeus "Pymy Bamboo"
Pleioblastus shibuyanus "Tsuboi"
Plieoblastus simonii "Variegatus"
Pleioblastus viridistriatus "Dwarf Greenstripe"
Pseudasasa japonica "Arrow Bamboo - Yadake"
Pseudosasa japonica "Tsutsumiana - Green Onion Bamboo"
Pseudosasa viridula
Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda "Chinese Walking Stick"
Sasa veitchii "Kuma-Zasa"
Sasa kurilensis "Simofuri"
Sasaella masamuneana "Albostriatia"
Shibatea kumasaca "Okame-Zasa"
Sinobambusa tootsik "Albostriata"
Semiarundaria fastuosa "Narihira Bamboo"
Yushania anceps "Pitt White"
Yushania chungii
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