Bamboo Beauties
100% Non invasive Plants Guaranteed, all Exotic and have been trailed and proven to be Hardy and successful in Illawarra / Shoalhaven region.
Stunning varieties suited to;
-Attractive, quick & effective windbreaks, (even farms)
-Instant rich green forest canopies
-Incredible ornamental or feature plants
-Quick, attractive, and impenetrable screens - No more prying eyes and annoying neighbours !!!
Recommended Varieties;
100% Non invasive Plants Guaranteed, all Exotic and have been trailed and proven to be Hardy and successful in Illawarra / Shoalhaven region.
Stunning varieties suited to;
-Attractive, quick & effective windbreaks, (even farms)
-Instant rich green forest canopies
-Incredible ornamental or feature plants
-Quick, attractive, and impenetrable screens - No more prying eyes and annoying neighbours !!!
Recommended Varieties;
Bambusa utuldoides viridii vittata (China Gold Bamboo)
Attractive, short (6m) and upright, just what I like!
Similar in habit to gracilis however, the clump is a little more ‘open’ and has incredible lemon yellow canes with striking green stripes. Cold dosent worry it too much, fast growing, commands attention from your guests.
200mm pot $60 / 300mm $150 / 45L $250
Attractive, short (6m) and upright, just what I like!
Similar in habit to gracilis however, the clump is a little more ‘open’ and has incredible lemon yellow canes with striking green stripes. Cold dosent worry it too much, fast growing, commands attention from your guests.
200mm pot $60 / 300mm $150 / 45L $250
Pogonatherum paniceum (dwarf panda bamboo)
People cant take their eyes off this one here, one of the biggest sellers! gets only 350mm high x 350mm wide and adds a lush bright green splash to your garden.
Very fine delicate leaves with a good round shape, it is a really good grower, likes a bit of water but can tolerate some dry.
You can submerge it as a water plant. Makes a great coloured asian hedge instead of using buxus or hebe. -4 celcius
140mm $10 / 200mm $15
People cant take their eyes off this one here, one of the biggest sellers! gets only 350mm high x 350mm wide and adds a lush bright green splash to your garden.
Very fine delicate leaves with a good round shape, it is a really good grower, likes a bit of water but can tolerate some dry.
You can submerge it as a water plant. Makes a great coloured asian hedge instead of using buxus or hebe. -4 celcius
140mm $10 / 200mm $15
Dendrocalumus minor var 'amoenus' (White ghost bamboo)
A very attractive bamboo to 8m forming from a tight, tall clump with incredible white canes and large leaves (You have to see it to believe it!). A great garden feature with a long growing season that doesn’t mind those cold westerly winds and a harsh environment. My favourite!
200mm $45 / 25L $65 / 45L $150
A very attractive bamboo to 8m forming from a tight, tall clump with incredible white canes and large leaves (You have to see it to believe it!). A great garden feature with a long growing season that doesn’t mind those cold westerly winds and a harsh environment. My favourite!
200mm $45 / 25L $65 / 45L $150
Bambusa Textilis 'Fasca (Dark weavers bamboo)
This is the bigger brother of gracilis(Slender weavers bamboo). The leaves are just as beautiful as gracilis, but fasca will reach up to 2-3 metres taller (9m) and just a little bigger at the ground. The canes are very dark green in colour, with no white powder on them. Cane wall thickness is twice that of gracilis, making fasca better for a tall strong screen or windbreak Extremely cold hardy (-9 celcius), quick growing and disease resistant.
200mm $45 / 300mm $80 / 45L $160
This is the bigger brother of gracilis(Slender weavers bamboo). The leaves are just as beautiful as gracilis, but fasca will reach up to 2-3 metres taller (9m) and just a little bigger at the ground. The canes are very dark green in colour, with no white powder on them. Cane wall thickness is twice that of gracilis, making fasca better for a tall strong screen or windbreak Extremely cold hardy (-9 celcius), quick growing and disease resistant.
200mm $45 / 300mm $80 / 45L $160
Drepanostachyum Khasianum (Khasia Bamboo)
One of my favorites due to its landscaping qualities. Being short (3-4m tall) and much tougher than the other himalayan bamboos this will handle midday sun and wind exposure in Temperate regions. I have trailed and proven this one, nice and strait, Lush green all year even through winter. But its true quality is its canes boasting thin, green canes covered in white powder with pronounced purple shading and white rings around each node. Very colourful and very rare!
200mm pot $45 300mm $90 45L (Large advanced) $180
One of my favorites due to its landscaping qualities. Being short (3-4m tall) and much tougher than the other himalayan bamboos this will handle midday sun and wind exposure in Temperate regions. I have trailed and proven this one, nice and strait, Lush green all year even through winter. But its true quality is its canes boasting thin, green canes covered in white powder with pronounced purple shading and white rings around each node. Very colourful and very rare!
200mm pot $45 300mm $90 45L (Large advanced) $180
Bambusa Multiplex 'Alphonse Karr'
Beautiful hedge or feature hot pink shoots turn gold with bright green leaves year round. As it is a multiplex, it is not as tall and strait as Textilis but is still a great hedge plant. Growing anywhere up to 7 meters if untouched, it will happily be cut off to hedge size and will take strong cold winds and even salty air.
200mm $35 / 300mm $50 / 45L $100
Beautiful hedge or feature hot pink shoots turn gold with bright green leaves year round. As it is a multiplex, it is not as tall and strait as Textilis but is still a great hedge plant. Growing anywhere up to 7 meters if untouched, it will happily be cut off to hedge size and will take strong cold winds and even salty air.
200mm $35 / 300mm $50 / 45L $100
Bambusa Guanxiensis (Chinese Dwarf)
This one is good, all the collectors like it, just hasnt been discovered by the landscape market for its true potential! Will substitute most medium hedge plants (murraya, vibernum, photinia) growing ultimatly to 3 metres if you dont want a 6 metre bamboo.Grows well here in Nowra, NSW, likes a trim to shape or topiary and gets minimal pests. very asian looking.
200mm $40
This one is good, all the collectors like it, just hasnt been discovered by the landscape market for its true potential! Will substitute most medium hedge plants (murraya, vibernum, photinia) growing ultimatly to 3 metres if you dont want a 6 metre bamboo.Grows well here in Nowra, NSW, likes a trim to shape or topiary and gets minimal pests. very asian looking.
200mm $40
Thysanoleana Maxima (Tiger Grass)
This striking plant from Thailand looks like bamboo but it's actually a perennial grass. Grows beautifully in a pot ,looks great near water features and handles the full sun/shade. Not a big plant at around 2 meters in height. Culms turn dark red in the hot sun giving it tiger stripes with fresh green leaves.
200mm $25 / 300mm $35 / 400mm advanced tiger grass $150
This striking plant from Thailand looks like bamboo but it's actually a perennial grass. Grows beautifully in a pot ,looks great near water features and handles the full sun/shade. Not a big plant at around 2 meters in height. Culms turn dark red in the hot sun giving it tiger stripes with fresh green leaves.
200mm $25 / 300mm $35 / 400mm advanced tiger grass $150
Gigantochloa Atroviolace (Java black Bamboo)
A Stunning and popular ornamental with Sooty Black culms up to 15m tall and up to a meter round at the base if available. Very similar, But Slightly more hardy than the Timor black which is a steady seller.
200mm $45 / 300mm $80
A Stunning and popular ornamental with Sooty Black culms up to 15m tall and up to a meter round at the base if available. Very similar, But Slightly more hardy than the Timor black which is a steady seller.
200mm $45 / 300mm $80
Phylostachys 'nigra' (running black bamboo)
This is the only running plant we keep and only do so because of its huge demand in sydney. Growing to 4 metres tall if not trimmed, this plant is invasive and not reccomended for planting in the ground unless well contained. But in pots or planters it looks amazing! It will easily handle full sun, wind, even snow on it! Leaves will brown on the ends if it dries out even once so must be irrigated during dry periods.
300mm 2m tall standard $40 / 500mm pot multiple mature black canes $70
This is the only running plant we keep and only do so because of its huge demand in sydney. Growing to 4 metres tall if not trimmed, this plant is invasive and not reccomended for planting in the ground unless well contained. But in pots or planters it looks amazing! It will easily handle full sun, wind, even snow on it! Leaves will brown on the ends if it dries out even once so must be irrigated during dry periods.
300mm 2m tall standard $40 / 500mm pot multiple mature black canes $70
Bambusa Multiplex 'Goldstripe'
Recent to australia,originally from bamboo down under, will reach an optimum height of 4-5 metres (5 metres in shade) and 600mm-1m around the base. Nice pronounced cream coloured stripes up the canes. An attractive asian style leaf much like alphonse karr plant, but with much tighter habit and probably more upright. Very cold hardy to -5 celcius at least did not loose a leaf last winter.
200mm $50 / 300mm $90 / 45L $180
Recent to australia,originally from bamboo down under, will reach an optimum height of 4-5 metres (5 metres in shade) and 600mm-1m around the base. Nice pronounced cream coloured stripes up the canes. An attractive asian style leaf much like alphonse karr plant, but with much tighter habit and probably more upright. Very cold hardy to -5 celcius at least did not loose a leaf last winter.
200mm $50 / 300mm $90 / 45L $180
Bambusa Vulgaris 'Wamin' (Giant buddahs belly)
Splendid ornamental plant or hedge, everyone just wants to touch it and rub the striking bellies for good luck. Will only grow to 5 meters this one with very thick shiny culms, stays very green and is very tough.
200mm $45 / 300mm $100 (bellied)
Splendid ornamental plant or hedge, everyone just wants to touch it and rub the striking bellies for good luck. Will only grow to 5 meters this one with very thick shiny culms, stays very green and is very tough.
200mm $45 / 300mm $100 (bellied)
Bambusa Oldhamii (Giant timber bamboo)
This plant as a superb windbreak to protect crops and property, although this seems a bit of a waste as it is a stunning plant which can highlight any garden as a feature or mass planting. Growing to 9 meters but leaving only a small footprint, it grows thick, tall and has large leaves which look fabulous all year round.
25 L $40 / 45L $100
This plant as a superb windbreak to protect crops and property, although this seems a bit of a waste as it is a stunning plant which can highlight any garden as a feature or mass planting. Growing to 9 meters but leaving only a small footprint, it grows thick, tall and has large leaves which look fabulous all year round.
25 L $40 / 45L $100
Other Varieties to Collect
- Himalayacalumus Falconeri 'Damarapa' - Candy Cane
- Drepanostachyum Porcatus - Nepalese Blue bamboo
- Drepanostachyum Falcatum - Himalayan weeping bamboo
- Bambusa heterostachya 'Malay Dwarf'
- Bambusa textilis var Albo striata 'minor' - little textilis variety very nice!!
- Bambusa Multiplex 'Stripestem fernleaf'
- Bambusa multiplex - Albo Striata - Albostriata bamboo
- Bambusa Oliveriana
- Bambusa Malignensis - sea breeze bamboo
- Bambusa Multiplex 'richard waldron' - Lady finger bamboo
- Bambusa Ventricosa - Buddahs belly Bamboo
- Bambusa Ventricosa 'Kimmei' - Variegated Buddahs Belly
- Bambusa Lako -Timor Black bamboo
- Dendrocalumus strictus
- Dendrocalumus Brandisii
- Dendrocalumus Asper thai green- Green asper bamboo
- Dendrocalumus lattiflorus 'mei nung'
- Gigantochloa Luteostriata- lipstick bamboo
- Guadua Angustifolia- Brazil!
- Phyllostachys pubscenc 'Moso' - bug runner from Japan
- Pleioblastus fortunii- fortune inviting bamboo
Bambusa Chungii
If you have a larger garden and a want a very special ornamental plant, chungi is a real eye opener. It is a more open plant with a larger gap between the canes(Grove affect), reaching 8m tall. It has a bright white powder covering the culms which looks almost electric. Also has a very distictive rigid, dark green tropical looking leaf. Cold tolerant and easy to look after.
200mm pot $45 400mm pot (Big plant!) $85
If you have a larger garden and a want a very special ornamental plant, chungi is a real eye opener. It is a more open plant with a larger gap between the canes(Grove affect), reaching 8m tall. It has a bright white powder covering the culms which looks almost electric. Also has a very distictive rigid, dark green tropical looking leaf. Cold tolerant and easy to look after.
200mm pot $45 400mm pot (Big plant!) $85
Dendrocalumus Asper 'betung hitam' (Thai Black Asper Bamboo)
I along with many other friends have come to the conclusion, that 'Hitam' may be "the best looking plant in the world". It is a rainforest plant that will grow flawlessly in a eucalyptus forest (20m tall! 1.5m wide) but will also do ok in a open paddock position. Biggest black bamboo in the world with beautiful patch white powder on each node. Shoots are very delicious to eat and quite valuable, if you can bring yourself to cut one off i couldnt do it they look amazing! Handles NSW climate fine, late shoots abort quickly or burn back inland, returning quickly in spring.
200mm pot $60 45L (advanced) $180
I along with many other friends have come to the conclusion, that 'Hitam' may be "the best looking plant in the world". It is a rainforest plant that will grow flawlessly in a eucalyptus forest (20m tall! 1.5m wide) but will also do ok in a open paddock position. Biggest black bamboo in the world with beautiful patch white powder on each node. Shoots are very delicious to eat and quite valuable, if you can bring yourself to cut one off i couldnt do it they look amazing! Handles NSW climate fine, late shoots abort quickly or burn back inland, returning quickly in spring.
200mm pot $60 45L (advanced) $180
Bambusa textilis var 'Gracilis' (Slender weavers bamboo)
If you are looking for a quick and attractive privacy screen, this is the one. It Has the ability to completely block out a 8m building in a 500mm wide garden bed in two years yet always maintaining a fabulous look right through winter! Grows very narrow and tall. This is the ultimate hedge or feature. Can also happily be clipped to size.
200mm $45 | 300mm $90 / 45L $180
If you are looking for a quick and attractive privacy screen, this is the one. It Has the ability to completely block out a 8m building in a 500mm wide garden bed in two years yet always maintaining a fabulous look right through winter! Grows very narrow and tall. This is the ultimate hedge or feature. Can also happily be clipped to size.
200mm $45 | 300mm $90 / 45L $180
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