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Bamboo Species

This is a list of many of the more common cold hardy bamboo species. I’ve grown or am still growing most of these. There are many more not on the list.  A more complete list is here.

Latin Names

Common Names

Arundinaria gigantea
A. tect

Peiioblastus argentiostriatus
P. chino
P. c. ‘Vaginatus variegatus’
P. distichus
P. d. ‘Mini’
P. fortune
P. gramineus
P. linearis
P. simonii
P. s. ‘Variagated’
P. viridistriatus
P. v. ‘Chrysophyllus’
Psuedosasa amabilis
P. japonica
P. j. ‘Tsutsumiana’
P. j. ‘Variagated’
Phyllostachys angusta
P. arcana
P. atrovaginata
P. aurea
P. a. ‘Flavescens Inversa’
P. a. ‘Holochrysa’
P. a. ‘Koi’
P.aureosulcata
P.a. ‘Alata’
P.a. ‘Harbin’
P.a. ‘Harbin Inversa’
P.a. ‘Spectabilis’
P. bambusoides
P. b. ‘Holochrysa’
P. b. ‘Castillion’
P. b. ‘Castillion Inversa’
P. b. ‘Slender Crookstem’
P. bissetii
P. b. ‘Dwarf’
P. decora
P. dulcis
P. edulis
P. flexuosa
P.glauca
P. heteroclada ‘Solid Stem’
P. h. ‘Straight Stem’
P. humilis
P, meyeri
P. nidularia
P. nigra
P. n. ‘Diakockuchiku’
P. n. ‘Bory’
P. n. ‘Henon’
P. n. ‘Megurochicku’
P. nuda
P. rubromarginata
P. violescens
P. viridiglaucesens
P. viridis
P. v. ‘Houzeau’
P. v. ‘Robert Young
P. Vivax
P. v ‘Aureocaulis’s

Sasa borealis
S. kurliensis
S. vetchii
S. v ‘Minor’

Sasalla albostriata
S. masamuneana
S. m. ‘Albostriata’
S. ramosa

Semiarundinaria fastuosa
S. okuboi

Shibataea kumasaca
S. lancifolia

Rivercane
Switchcane