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Fargesia

 

					feet meters	max diam inch cm	min temp °F °C	shade sun 5=full sun	Comments - Description	Sources
FARGESIA					Clumping bamboos from the alpine conifer forests of west and southwest China. Medium to small and all very cold hardy, but not tolerant of very high summer temperatures. Flowers like toothbrushes.
F. adpressa					18	1.3	0	3	From Sichuan; similar to F. robusta. This plant has been sold as Fargesia sp. A-4. Open clumps of purplish-green culms. Some of the plants may be F. murieliae.	A0 B8 D3 E6 F3 G1 I0 M0 M3
					6	3.3	-18
F. apicirubens RED-TIPPED BAMBOO					16	0.8	-10	3	Native to China at elevations over 6,000 feet. A new species previously misidentified as F. dracocephala.	A0 A6 B8 C4 C6 D3 D8 E0 E2 E6 E7 F0 F3 F5 G9 H1 H2 I0 I5 I8 J3 J7 J8 J9 K5 M0 M2 M3 M4 N1
					5	2	-23
F. apicirubens 'White Dragon'					8	0.5	-5	3	Selected seedling with Akebono style white variegation on spring leaves.	A6 B8 E2 F0 F5 I0 J1 K2 M2 M3
					2	1.3	-21
F. denudata					16	0.5	0	3	From Sichuan. Similar to F. murieliae, but leaves are smaller and more delicate. Culms branch out after the first winter.	A0 A6 B8 C4 D3 D8 E6 E7 F0 F3 F4 F5 H1 H2 I0 J3 J7 L5 M2 M3
					5	1.3	-18
F. dracocephala 'Rufa'					10	0.5	-5	2	From Sichuan. Early shoots. Also known as Gansu 95-1. Close to the description of the real F. dracocephala.	A0 A6 A8 B3 B4 B8 C4 C6 D0 D3 D4 D8 E0 E2 E4 E6 E7 F0 F3 F4 F5 G9 H1 H2 H7 I0 I5 I8 J2 J3 J4 J7 J9 K0 K5 L2 L5 M0 M2 M3 M4 M6 N1
					3	1.2	-21
F. murieliae UMBRELLA BAMBOO					15	0.5	-20	2	Similar to F. nitida but with green culms. May be the hardiest bamboo in the U.S. Grows at above 10,000 feet in China, important panda food.	A6 B8 C2 C6 D3 D4 D8 E4 E6 E7 F0 F4 F5 G1 G9 H1 I0 I5 J1 J4 J8 J9 K5 L2 L5 M2 M3 M4 M8 M9
					5	1.3	-29
F. murieliae (next generation seedlings)					15	0.5	-20	2	Clone introduced by Wilson in 1907 set seed in 1980s & 90s and died. Seedling variants are available under many cultivar names.	A0 B8 C6 D3 D8 E7 F0 F3 F5 G9 H2 I0 I8 J3 J7 J8 J9 K8 L2 L5 M0 M2 M3 M4
					5	1.3	-29
F. murieliae 'SABE 939'					15	0.5	-20	2	A different introduction, brought in by the Sino-American Botanical Expedition of 1980. It also flowered, and has been identified as F. murieliae. Seedlings will have new cultivar names.	A0 D3 G1 M3
					5	1.3	-29
F. nitida FOUNTAIN BAMBOO					12	0.5	-20	2	Upright culms with thick grey deciduous wax may become nearly black. Sheaths orange-ribbed. From 1889 seed many old generation cultivars named, but most now flowering and probably all about to die.	A0 A6 B8 C2 C4 C6 C8 D3 D4 D8 E0 E2 E6 E7 F0 F3 F5 G1 H1 H2 H9 I0 I5 I6 I8 J3 J9 K2 K5 K8 L5 L7 M0 M2 M3 M4 M6 M7 M8 M9 N1
					4	1.3	-29
F. nitida 'Anceps'					12	0.5	-20	2	Old generation. The leaves are smaller and narrower than 'McClure' and 'Nymphenburg'.	D3 D4 E6 F0 H2 I0 I6 I8 J8 K2 L5 M0 M2
					4	1.3	-29
F. nitida 'De Belder' and 'Stream Cottage'					12	0.5	-20	2	Old generation. It is said to be a prolific grower; its leaves do not curl in the sun. These two clones are probably identical.	C4 D3 E6 F3 I0 I8 J3 K8 L5 M2 M4 M7
					4	1.3	-29
F. nitida 'Eisenach'					6	0.3	-20	2	Old generation. Ascending branches; culms tend to bifurcate.	A0 A6 C4 D3 F3 H2 I8 J8 K0 K2 L5 M0 M2 M3
					2	0.8	-29
F. nitida 'Ems River'					12	0.5	-20	2	Old generation. Leaves a little smaller.	A0 A6 D3 H2 I0 I8 L5 M2 M7
					4	1.3	-29
F. nitida 'Jiuzhaigou'					12	0.5	-20	2	New introductions. Several new seedling clones from Jiuzhaigou Reserve.	A0 B8 D3 D8 E0 E2 E6 E7 F0 F5 H1 I0 I5 I6 I8 J1 J7 J9 M2 M3 M4 N1
					4	1.3	-29
F. nitida 'Gansu 2'					12	0.5	-20	2	Introduced 1995. Flowering history not known. Narrow, delicate leaves, early shoots and branches, suited to shady conditions	I8 M2 M3
					4	1.3	-29
F. nitida 'McClure'					18	0.5	-20	2	Old generation. Leaves long and narrow but wider than Nymphenburg.	A0 A6 D3 D8 F0 F3 I6 I8 J8 K0 M2 M4
					6	1.3	-29
F. nitida 'Nymphenburg'					12	0.5	-20	2	Old generation. Differs from the type by narrow leaves, strongly arching culms and young branches ascending.	A6 C4 D3 E6 F3 H2 I0 I5 I6 I8 J4 J8 L5 M0 M2 M3
					4	1.3	-29
F. nitida 'Wakehurst'					12	0.5	-20	2	Old generation. Has a bluer color, darker culms, possibly longer rhizome necks; does not show spotting common to other clones.	E2 M2
					4	1.3	-29
F. robusta					16	1	-4	4	From Sichuan Province, China, at elevations over 8,000 feet.Early shoots.	A0 A6 B4 B8 C0 C2 C4 C6 D3 D4 D8 E0 E2 E4 E6 E7 F0 F3 F5 G9 H1 H2 H4 H7 I0 I6 I8 J1 J2 J3 J4 J7 J8 J9 K0 K5 L2 L5 M2 M3 M4 M8 N1
					5	2.5	-20
F. robusta 'Campbell'					16	1	-4	4	Upright form with small leaves	B8 F5 J9
					5	2.5	-20
F. robusta 'Wolong'					17	1	-4	4	Collected in Wolong, Sichuan in 1996. More vigorous, with larger leaves. Bamboo 23: 16. 2002.	A0 B8 D8 E2 E6 F0 F5 I6 J7 J9 L2 M2 M3
					5	2.5	-20
F. sp. 'Scabrida'							-5	4	From Pingwu, Sichuan. Orange sheaths as F. dracocephala 'Rufa' but with more culm wax. Not F. scabrida.	B8 D8 E2 E5 E6 E7 F0 F5 H1 J3 J7 J9 L2 M3
							-21
F. utilis TUNGCHUAN #3					13	0.5	0	4	From Yunnan, culms curve upwards with pendulous cascading foliage. May be Borinda but flowers unknown.	A0 A6 B8 D3 D8 E0 E4 E6 F0 F3 F5 H1 I0 J3 J8 K5 M0 M2 M3
					4	1.3	-18

 

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