Mad Man Bamboo
Bamboo Species List
Updated as of December 23, 2009
Availabilty
and Price

Varies on variety and size.  Please call (916) 300-6335 or e-mail
sean@madmanbamboo.com for specific pricing and availability.  Plants can be shipped to most parts of the U.S. , please call or e-mail for details.
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Sun/
Shade

5 = full sun
1 = full shade
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
5
5
5
4
3
3
2
2
2
4
2
2
3
3
3
4
Max diam inches
5.0
1.5
1.5
.5
.3
1.5
1.0
.2
4.0
2.0
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.0
1.0
2.0
1.0
1.0
1.5
.8
1.1
.5
.5
.5
.5
1.0
2.0
.8
1.0
.8
.8
1.0
Max Height/ft
50
25
15
10
6
25
15
3
55
40
55
55
55
24
20
25
15
15
25
15
30
8
15
12
12
16
20
20
20
15
18
16
Clumping Bamboo
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 multiplex "Tiny Fern"

Bambusa oldhamii, "Giant Clumping Timber Bamboo"
Bambusa textilis "Weaver's Bamboo"
Bambusa tuldoides "Punting Pole"
Bambusa ventrosica "Buddha's Belly Bamboo"
Bambusa ventrosica  "Buddha's Belly Kimmei"
Borinda boliana
Borinda fungosa
Borinda papyrifera
Chusquea culeou
Chusquea culeou "Cana Prieta"
Chusquea gigantea
Chusquea sulcata
Depranostachyum segteeanum

Fargesia dracocephela, "White Dragon"
Fargesia muriliae, "Umbrella Bamboo"
Fargesia nitida "Fountain 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"
Running Bamboo
Bashania fargesii
Chinobambusa marmorea "Marbled Bamboo"
Chinobambusa marmorea variegata

Chinobambusa quadrangularis "Square Bamboo"
Chinobambusa quadrangularis "Suow"
Chinobambusa quadrangularis "Suow Inversa"

Hibanobambusa tranquillans "Shiroshima
"
Indocalamus tesselatus
Phylostachys angusta "Stone Bamboo"
Phylostachys aurea "Dr. Don"
Phylostachys aurea "Koi"
Phylostachys aurea "Holochysa"
Phylostacyhs aureosulcata "Yellow Groove Bamboo"
Phylostachys aureosulcata "Aureocaulis"
Phylostachys aureosulcata "Harbin"
Phylostachys aureosulcata "Spectabalis" Green Groove
Phylostachys bambusoides "Allgold"
Phylostachys bambusoides "Castillon"
Phylostachys bambusoides "Castillon Inversa"
Phylostachys bambusoides "Madake-Giant Japanese Timber"
Phylostachys bambusoides "Marliac"
Phylostachys bissetti
Phylostachys bissetti "Dwarf"
Phylostachys dulcis "Sweetshoot Bamboo"
Phylostachys glauca
Phylostachys heteroclada "Water Bamboo"
Phylostachys heterocycla "Moso"
Phylostachys humilis
Phylostachys nidularia "Big Node Bamboo"
Phylostachys nigra "Black Bamboo"
Phylostachys nigra "Bory - Leopard Skin Bamboo"
Phylostachys nigra "Henon"
Phylostachys nigra "Megurochiku"
Phylostachys nigra "Punctata" Giant Black
Phylostachys violascens
Phylostachys viridis "Robert Young"
Phylostachys vivax
Phylostachys vivax "Aureocaulis"
Pleioblastus akebono
Plieoblastus argenteostriatus
Pleioblastus chino "Vaginatus Variegatus"
Pleioblastus fortunei "Dwarf Whitestripe"
Pleioblastus humilis
Pleioblastus pygmaeus "Pymy Bamboo"
Pleioblastus shibuyanus "Tsuboi"
Plieoblastus simonii "Variegatus"

Pleioblastus viridistriatus "Dwarf Greenstripe"

Plieoblastus viridistriatus "Chrysopyllus"
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"
Semiarundaria yamadori
Semiarundaria yashadake
Semiarundaria yashadake "Kimmei"
Yushania anceps "Pitt White"
Yushania chungi
i
Max diam in
2.0
.5
.5
1.5
.5
.5
1.3
.5
1.3
1.8
1.8
1.8
2.2
1.5
1.5
1.5
2.0
2.0
2.0
6.0
1.5
2.0
1.0
2.8
2.0
1.5
7.0
1.0
1.5
2.0
3.0
4.5
3.5
4.0
2.0
3.0
5.0
5.0
.3
.3
.5
.2
.3
.1
.3
1.5
.3
.3
.8
.8
.8
1.3
.3
.5
.3
.3
1.5
1.5
2.0
1.5
.5
.5
?
Sun/ Shade
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
4
2
2
3
3
3
4
2
2
3
3
4
5
5
5
5
3
3
Max Height/ft
20
6
6
25
25
25
16
7
22
27
27
27
45
26
26
26
35
35
35
72
25
40
18
40
34
33
75
20
33
30
50
65
54
60
20
40
70
70
2
3
6
4
7
2
9
20
3
3
18
18
18
20
5
6
6
7
30
30
15
25
25
25
?