Below are time series photos of different bamboo growing at our nursery. Please click the thumbnails to view the full size photo.
Most bamboo double their height once a year.
Bambusa oldhamii Giant Timber / Oldham’s Bamboo
Phyllostachys vivax ‘Aureocaulis’
There is a common misconception that all bamboos are invasive. The fact is that there are two separate types of bamboo: running and clumping.
Running bamboo sends out rhizomes far away from the plant. This is the invasive type that has given bamboo a bad name. However, running bamboo can be effectively contained with rhizome barrier.
Running Genera: Arundinaria, Chimonobambusa, Phyllostachys, Pleioblastus, Pseudosasa, Sasa, Sasaella, Semiarundinaria
Clumping bamboo sends off rhizomes near the base of the plant. Clumping stays to a specified area depending on the plant. This type of bamboo is easily manageable by cutting off the new shoots with a shovel.
Clumping Genera: Bambusa, Chusquea, Denrocalamus, Drepanostachyum, Fargesia, Himalayacalamus, Otatea, Thamnocalamus, Thyrostachys, Yushania
