Japanese Timber Bamboo

One of the most impressive bamboos, this is the preferred building material in much of Asia. These grand and graceful groves are perfect for a screening or the Japanese garden.

On the East Coast, this will grow from coastal New York southward to the Gulf Coast. Japanese Timber Bamboo has extremely strong and durable culms resistent to breakage due to snow and ice.

Maximum Height: 72 feet

Diameter: 6 inches

Location: Well drained soil in sun or shade

Hardiness: Cold tolerant to about zero degrees.

Grove of Japanese Timber Bamboo in a completed landscape in North Carolina. Culms (canes) are 40 feet tall.

Grove of Japanese Timber Bamboo in a completed landscape in North Carolina. Culms (canes) are 40 feet tall.

View from the inside of a grove of Japanese Timber Bamboo in a completed landscape in North Carolina.

Unloading a clump of 40' tall Japanese Timber Bamboo.

Unloading a clump of 40' tall Japanese Timber Bamboo.

Unloading giant timber bamboo at a North Carolina residence. Clump weighs approximately 500-600 pounds.

Giant Timber Bamboo stand at a residential location.

Giant Timber Bamboo grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Vivax Timber Bamboo

Another of the impressive timber bamboos, this is a favorite due to its fast rate of growth and its impressive yellow coloring. These grand and graceful groves are perfect for a screening or the Japanese garden.

On the East Coast, this will grow from coastal New York southward to the Gulf Coast.

Maximum Height: 50 feet

Diameter: 3.5 inches

Location: Well drained soil in sun or shade

Hardiness: Cold tolerant to about minus 5 degrees.

Vivax grove at our North Carolina nursery.

30' Vivax canes beside residential driveway.

"Robert Young" Giant Bamboo

Another impressive bamboos, the Robert Young Giant Bamboo is favored for its beautiful golden canes.

On the East Coast, this will grow from coastal New York southward to the Gulf Coast.

Maximum Height: 40 feet

Diameter: 3 inches

Location: Well drained soil in sun

Hardiness: Cold tolerant to about minus 5 degrees.

Robert Young grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Robert Young grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Robert Young grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Golden Crookstem "Alata" Bamboo

Golden Crookstem or "Alata" culms are a beautiful lemon yellow color in fall. When planted in direct sun, the culms take on a bright magenta highlightin the spring. This is among the hardiest hardiest bamboo with yellow or golden culms.

On the East Coast, this will grow from Connecticut southward to the Gulf Coast.

Maximum Height: 26 feet

Diameter: 1.5 inches

Location: Well drained soil in sun or shade

Hardiness: Cold tolerant to minus 15 degrees.

Golden Crookstem grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Golden Crookstem grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Yellow Groove Bamboo

Culms are marked with a distinctive yellow stripe, and often develop a stong zig-zag habit near the base. Running, strong vertical growth, fast-growing. Use in a grove or as a windbreak. Excellent
edible shoots!

Maximum Height: 25 feet

Diameter: 1.5 inches

Location: Well drained soil in sun or shade

Hardiness: Cold tolerant to 15bory degrees.

Yellow Groove bamboo grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Stand of Yellow Groove bamboo at our North Carolina nursery.

Bissetti Bamboo

Exceptionally hardy and beautiful evergreen bamboo with dark green leaves and culms. Quickly establishes an excellent hedge.

Maximum Height: 18 feet

Diameter: 1.5 inches

Location: Well drained soil in sun or shade

Hardiness: Cold tolerant to minus 10 degrees.

Bisetti Bamboo grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Bissetti culms in a grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Black Bamboo

Green culms emerge, gradually becoming shiny black. Use individually or as a container specimen. Moderate-growing. Not as aggressive or dense as most other running bamboo.

Maximum Height: 15 feet

Diameter: 1.5 inches

Location: Well drained soil in sun or shade

Hardiness: Cold tolerant to 0 Degrees.

Black Bamboo clumps in a grove at the nursery.

Black Bamboo grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Bory (Tiger) Bamboo

Bory bamboo is a large variety of Black bamboo that does not turn solid black, but develops a mahogany mottling on the older culms. It has a nice appearance and good quality wood.

Maximum Height: 50 feet

Diameter: 3 inches

Location: Well drained soil in sun or shade

Hardiness: Cold tolerant to 0 degrees.

Bory (also called "Tiger") Bamboo culm..

Example of Bory (Tiger) culm coloration.

Early Bamboo

This is an interesting and rare bamboo. The culms are yellow with a green sulcus and sometimes bare an attractive red blush as the new shoots develop. It is also known for its tasty new shoots, which are often the first to emerge out of the ground in early spring (hence the name "Early Bamboo"). It is best planted as a solitary specimen, in an area where the display of bright colors can be easily viewed and enhanced.

Maximum Height: 33 feet

Diameter: 2 inches

Location: Well drained soil in sun or shade

Hardiness: Cold tolerant to 5 degrees.

Early Bamboo grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Early Bamboo grove at our North Carolina nursery.

Shiroshima Bamboo

Its foliage is nearly a foot long but just 1 1/4 inch wide, giving it a very elegant look, and it remains striped in white and cream year-round. If grown in strong sun, it will also add streaks and flashes of red and purple tones, especially round the edges and at the tip of the leaves.

Maximum Height: 10 feet

Diameter: 0.5 inch

Location: Well drained soil in sun or shade. Can be grown indoors in containers.

Hardiness: Cold tolerant to 0 degrees.

Shiroshima Bamboo patch at our North Carolina nursery.

Shiroshima Bamboo culms.

Kuma Bamboo Grass

This dwarf bamboo has deep-green leaves that become bicolored with the onset of autumn. The leaves then exhibit straw-colored margins, which persist into spring in warmer zones. It is a striking plant en masse or as groundcover in a woodland garden. It usually grows to 2 or 3 feet tall, but may reach 5 feet tall in deep shade with runners extending out as many as 30 feet.

Maximum Height: 5 feet

Diameter: 0.5 inches

Location: Well drained soil in shade and woodland gardens.

Hardiness: frost tolerant

Kuma Bamboo Grass patch at our North Carolina nursery.

Kuma Bamboo Grass.