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18 years ago

Hi all, was wondering what your more prized choice(s) of Bamboo are and why. Rare or hard to find? looks, cost, all of the above? I'm real curious.

***Todays top 10 Boo choices***

Feel free to list more too!!

Thanks

CJ

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wanna_run_faster
18 years ago
Well I'm still a wanna be as far as boo but I just love the look of Bambusa Lako and the fact that it's a clumper.
Thuja
18 years ago
Well, my favorite(s) are going to be anything that can survive the winters here. So far I'd have to say that Fargesia nitida is the toughest, but I'm trying a bunch more this winter, so we'll see.
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richardqld
18 years ago
My faves (today at least!) would have to be:

Dendrocalamus minor Amoenus
Bambusa eutuldoides viridi-vittata
Bambusa chungii
Gigantochloa atroviolacea
Bambusa textilis Gracilis
Dendrocalamus latiflorus
Bambusa lako
Bambusa vulgaris Wamin
If i had unlimited space of course Moso.
wildcat_jake
18 years ago
Can't wait for the asper to size up.
Patris
18 years ago
I only have 2 right now.

Golden Goddess & Oldhamii

The oldhamii is my favorite of any because it only took me 33 years to own it!!
hello_c_j_here
Original Author
18 years ago
Nice, can you ID which are runners -vs- clumpers please. thanks

CJ
lkz5ia
18 years ago
I would agree with thuja on this question. My prized bamboo selections will be the ones that I will see living by next spring. I hope my boo does good in the freezing artic conditions this winter, I know I wouldn't be doing ok outside all winter.
Scott Wallace
18 years ago
CJ, I think pretty much every bamboo listed so far has been a clumper.

As for my top 10, there are 8 on my wish list, the other 2 were recently aquired. I should have them all by next year, at which time I promised my wife no more. All are based on looks...I really like tropical clumpers with stripes. Some are more expensive than others depending on "collector" value, but I'm hoping to get a few in trade. Also, temp considerations are a must as they need to be able to survive my "cold" Jacksvonille winters without having to come indoors.

B emeiensis Flavidorivens
B emeiensis Viridiflavus
B eutuldoidoes Viridi-vitatta
B pervariabilis Viridistriata
D minor Amoenus
B textilis Albostriata
B tulda Striata
B lako D asper Betung Hitam B ventricosa Kimmei One final one would be Schizostachyum brachycladum Yellow Form but it is too cold for Jville, so I will need to bring indoors in the winter.
hello_c_j_here
Original Author
18 years ago
Must be more to add to the wish list huh?
Thanks
CJ
Chris_in_Central_PA
18 years ago
Well, I'm fond of Red Margin, as it is always doign something, shooting, runners popping up, shooting again. Always something new to see with the red margin.

I really like the look of virdis robert young, time will tell if it survives here. I'd be happy with 10' tall 1/2" clums, I think I might get it.

I suspect my favorites will change as it gets larger. I think I only have 8 or so varieties, so a top 10 list would be pretty all inclusive. :)
alpine
18 years ago
Chusquea coronalis. Among the world's most beautiful bamboo
mike_marietta_sc_z8a
18 years ago
Of those growing out in my garden:

Phyllostahys edulis (moso)
Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda
Semiarundinaira fastuosa
Borinda boliana
Fargesia robusta
Bambusa multiplex 'tiny fern'
Chusquea gigantea
Phyllostachys nigra
Pleioblastus juxienensis
Pleioblastus graminious
Yushania ancpes 'pitt white'

Opps , that's eleven, but they are all nice
Patris
18 years ago
My new beauties arrived yesterday.

C-clumper R-runner, (for CJ)

Bambusa multiplex, silver stripe C
Banbusa eutuidoides viridivittata C
Bambusa lako C
Bambusa vulgaris vittata C
Phyllostachys viridis, Robert Young R
Phyllostachys heterocycia f. pubescens, Moso R

That's all.....for now!
echolane
18 years ago
I'm relatively new to bamboos, but have already established favorite families, Drepanstachym and Himalaycalamus. I really like Drepanostachyum khasianum for its largish dark green leaves and very attractive habit, and Drepanstachym seenteeanum because of its especially delicate looking leaves and very ornamental habit. And I like the Himalaycalamus family. My first bamboo was Himalaycalamus Asper, and it might still be my favorite. My big Borinda fungosa looks like it will be splendid too.

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