It s important that you choose the right type for your garden or landscape project.
Different types of bamboo plants.
Running bamboo monopodial and clumping bamboo sympodial.
Non invasive bamboo 8 to 25 feet tall which.
Shorterphyllostachys usually 20 to 30 feet tall.
Grow in tight clusters creating dense and decorative screens.
9 12 this bamboo is native to china and gets its common name from its lumpy.
Running bamboo plants are usually temperate meaning there are varieties that can tolerate more cold or more.
What are the different types of bamboo plants.
Bamboo evolved only 30 to 40 million years ago after the demise of the dinosaurs.
This group of plants will add grandeur to your garden.
Growth patterns are the only black and white characteristics of bamboo.
A feature plant or a privacy screen bamboo straddles both roles just fine.
12 types of bamboos 1.
Chinese mountain umbrella bamboo.
Classic woody caned bamboogrows large canes for timber edible shoots or tall screens.
These clever canes can be used in any garden.
The name comes from when japanese samurai used the stiff hard canes.
Remove lower leaves so you can show off.
A few species of running bamboo are golden grove kuma pygmy yellow grove pitt white and golden square.
Two genera of this group are discussed below in the section on cold hardy bamboo namely fargesia and phyllostachys herbaceous bamboos olyreae geographically bamboos are most closely associated with the orient sub saharan africa and central and south america.
Better homes and gardens 3.
Dwarf green stripe bamboo.
Bamboo plants types although it s a little more complicated than this the two main different types within bamboo speciesare basically.
Two cold hardy clumping bamboo plant types are.
Temperate woody bamboos arundinarieae.
Bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant in the world.
The size of bamboo varies from small annuals to giant timber bamboo.
10 different types of bamboo for yards gardens decks and indoors.
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.
9 11 at a height of up to 100 feet the giant bamboo is the tallest type of bamboo.
In general the clumping type of bamboo plant is usually a tropical plant that prefers heat.
In the tribe bambuseae also known as bamboo there are 91 genera and over 1 000 species.