Top choice
Fargesia robusta
"Green Screen"
Top choice
Fargesia sp. 'Rufa'

Hardy Clumping Bamboo

Clumping bamboos can be planted without fear of them spreading beyond their
assigned territory. Their rhizomes, the underground stems, are quite different  than
than those of our timber and other non-clumping bamboos. Instead of a horizontal spreading
rhizome, they are u-shaped making new culms next to the original plant, spreading only a few inches per year, hence the name clumping bamboo.

ATTENTION:  Most of the bamboo on this page prefer afternoon shade.
For areas of USA such as the Midwest, Northeast, and East Coast,  Hardy Clumping Bamboo require dappled sun to full shade or no more than a few hours of direct morning sun. On the West Coast they can tolerate a little more sunlight, especially in mild coastal climates of the Pacific Northwest.
For South East USA, where it is very hot and humid, try Bambusa multiplex or Bambusa ventricosa, see this link:  Cold-sensitive Clumping Bamboo

Please contact us for assistance in selecting the right Bamboo bamboo@bamboogarden.com      (503) 647-2700
         Each picture is a link to a larger photos and a description

This page is divided into three categories, scroll down to see clumping bamboo in

Fargesia, Chusquea
, Thamnocalamus, and Borinda genera

Fargesia


Fargesia denudata
 


Fargesia dracocephala


Fargesia dracocephala 'White Dragon'


Fargesia murielae


Fargesia nitida
 


Fargesia nitida seedlings
 


Fargesia nitida 'Nanping'
 

The most sun-tolerant Clumping Bamboo include:
Fargesia robusta, Fargesia sp. 'Rufa', and
 especially Thamnocalamus tessellatus ,
but they still require some shade in hot climates.


 Fargesia robusta



Fargesia robusta
  
Green Screen™

 


Fargesia robusta '
Wolong'


Fargesia sp. 'Jiuzhaigou' I


Fargesia sp. 'Rufa'


Fargesia sp. 'Rufa'
Green Panda™


Fargesia sp. 'Scabrida'
 

Thamnocalamus and Chusquea

 

Thamnocalamus crassinodus


Thamnocalamus crassinodus 'Merlin'


Thamnocalamus spathiflorus 'Nyalam'


Thamnocalamus tessellatus
 


Chusquea culeou


Chusquea culeou
'Cana Preita'


Chusquea  gigantea

Borinda


Borinda albocerea
 


Borinda angustissima
 


Borinda boliana
 


Borinda contracta

 


Borinda fungosa

 

Borinda (continued)


Borinda lushiensis


Borinda macclureana


Borinda nujiangensis


Borinda papyrifera

 


Borinda utilis
 

 

Timber Bamboo  (Phyllostachys)   
30 to 70 ft. tall
Mid-sized Bamboo (Phyllostachys)
15 to 30 ft tall
Cold-hardy Clumping Bamboo       
6 to 25 ft. tall
Cold-sensitive Clumping Bamboo
 6 to 50 ft. tall
Other Running Bamboo               
6 to 25 ft. tall
Small Running Bamboo                
1 to 8 ft. tall
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