All Kinds Of Bamboo Plants

The clumping and running species.

All kinds of bamboo plants.

4 6 metres 15 ft 14 millimetres 0 55 in a one member genus distributed in western south america and brazil. Gracilis has thin tall. There are two species of the bamboo plant. The most cold hardy genus of clumping bamboos.

A few varieties like muliplex bamboo have a growth rate of 10 or more feet per year and with the ability to spring up as a privacy fence in the blink of an eye. Neotropical genus unusual for its solid or nearly solid rather than hollow culm. List of bamboo species. Tropical giants from southeast asia suitable in zones 9 and up.

As the name implies the clumping bamboo grows in clumps just as you planted it while the running bamboo propagates with its roots moving up to 100 m under the ground and shooting up somewhere else. 12 types of bamboos. Tropical giants of central and south america suitable in zones 9 and up. 4 6 metres 15 ft 19 millimetres 0 75 in culm sheaths green glabrous shorter than internodes yellow brown to brown setose acidosasa edulis sweet.

Other than these two groups bamboo plants are difficult to classify because they can live almost anywhere and take many forms with many sizes colors and niches in the environment. Up to 55 feet tall usda hardiness zone. Fargesia is a clumping bamboo that belongs to the flowering plant section of the grass family. Clumping bamboo grows just as the name suggests in a big clump of grass that mainly grows up and stays put where you ve planted it.

Bamboo plant types bamboo can be split into two general types. Slender weavers one of the most popular bamboos slender weavers bambusa textilis var. Different types of bamboo there are over 1 000 different types. Bamboo comes in a variety of different colors with stalks ranging from blacks and goldens to light and dark greens.

A few species of running bamboo are golden grove kuma pygmy yellow grove pitt white and golden square. Chinese dwarf a lush and bushy bamboo chinese dwarf bambusa guangxiensis is a beautiful compact plant which makes an excellent small privacy. Full sun to partial.