Bamboo Species

Educational Resources and Research Papers for BSA Members

Bambusa chungii

Chungii Blue Bamboo

Chungii is a stunning bamboo plant variety. The new shoots and young culms are white with a bluish hue. This is emphasised beautifully as the bamboo foliage starts a couple of metres up the culms. A non-invasive open clumping variety, Chungii bamboo’s new shoots and young culms are white with a bluish hue. The clump has […]

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Bambusa dolichomerithalla

A truly spectacular feature bamboo with straight green culms with white powdery bloom. Very tight clumping. If grown in good all-round sun, then foliage will go right down to ground level. Cold tolerant and grows well in southern states. Strong wood used for crafts

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Bambusa lako

Timor Black bamboo

Timor Black is a beautiful glossy black bamboo with dark culms and irregular green striations. This black bamboo plant is a non-invasive variety with short branches that form mid way up the culms and continue to the top, bearing long pendulous green leaves. Stunning as an ornamental, Timor Black bamboo is perfect for tropical & Asian-inspired […]

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Bambusa OldHamii

Giant Timber Bamboo or Oldham's Bamboo

Bambusa oldhamii, commonly known as Giant Timber Bamboo or Oldham’s Bamboo, is a fast-growing, clumping bamboo species prised for its versatility and impressive stature. Native to China, it thrives in various climates across Australia, tolerating temperatures as low as -4°C. This bamboo can reach heights of 15-18 meters with culm diameters up to 10cm…

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Bambusa textilis v. gracilis

Slender Weavers Bamboo

Gracilis Bamboo, or ‘slender weavers’, has slender erect green culms that when exposed at base will reveal long green internodes that turn yellow when in contact with the sun. The growth rate of Gracilis bamboo is rapid and can handle almost any growing conditions and soil types and still look spectacular. Gracilis, or Slender Weaver has dense […]

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Bambusa vulgaris cv. Wamin

Giant Buddha’s Belly

Giant Buddha’s Belly is a spectacular garden feature with smooth green culms that swell between the nodes to produce the impressive Buddha’s belly shape that gives it its name. The long narrow green leaves grow from strong lateral branches that protrude in opposing angles from the sweeping culms. Whether the centre piece of a garden […]

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Bambusa vulgaris vittata

Painted Bamboo, Golden Common Bamboo, Barcode Bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris ‘Vittata’ or Painted Bamboo, (previously known as Bambusa striata) is a medium sized tropical and subtropical clumping bamboo native to China and the Indochina region. It is one of the most cultivated ornamental bamboos in the tropical world. Commonly and widely planted as an ornamental bamboo, as hedges to border land or as […]

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Dendrocalamus asper

Rough Bamboo or Giant Bamboo

Dendrocalamus asper also known as Rough Bamboo or Giant Bamboo is a giant tropical and subtropical dense clumping species native to Southeast Asia. This timber bamboo is used as a building material for heavy construction, and shoots are consumed as a vegetable.

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Dendrocalamus latiflorus

Taiwan Giant Bamboo

Dendrocalamus latiflorus also known as Taiwan Giant Bamboo is a giant tropical and subtropical clumping species native to Southern China and Taiwan. This bamboo has sweet edible shoots and is often used in light construction.

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Gigantochloa atroviolacea

Striking matte black bamboo culms with green stripes and white ringed nods are a stand out feature of this stunning plant. Add to that the downwards facing dark green leaves that start high on the clump so as to assist in presenting this outstanding clump of black culms, and you have the best black feature […]

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