Blow Pipe

  Genus/Species Schizostachyum jaculans
Common Name Blow Pipe
Typical Dimensions 8m high, culm diameter up to 30mm. – 2°c
Description A mid-sized bamboo, Blow Pipe has very long internodes of up to 1m, which is how it earns the name Blow Pipe.   It is also used for musical instruments and can be trimmed to a compact hedge.

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New Guinea Green

  Genus/Species Nastus Elatus
Common Name New Guinea Green
Typical Dimensions 15 m high, culm diameter up to 100mm. -2 °c
Description New Guinea Green typically grows to a more reasonable height of 8-10m tall.  A very lush, light green bamboo from Papua New Guinea it is different to most bamboos in that it has very soft foliage with a light and delicate appearance.  Everyone loves this one, it is definitely one of the best ornamental bamboos for the tropics and the shoots are so sweet and tender they can virtually be eaten raw.

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Maxima

 Maxima Bamboo Genus/Species Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea
Common Name Maxima
Typical Dimensions 20m high, culm diameter up to 120mm. – 2°c
Description An exceptional smooth and striped giant tropical bamboo, Maxima produces edible shoots and great timber.   An under-rated plant in my opinion.  Everyone who sees it loves it.

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Java Black

 Java Black Bamboo Genus/Species Gigantochloa atroviolacea
Common Name Java Black
Typical Dimensions 15m high, culm diameter up to 100mm. – 2°c
Description Another great black bamboo.   Java Black is said to be more tolerant of cooler climates than the more popularly used Timor Black.   Have sooty matt black culms and a very tidy habit.  Likes plenty of water.

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Giant Atter

  Genus/Species Gigantochloa atter
Common Name Giant Atter
Typical Dimensions 20m high, culm diameter up to 150 mm. -2 °c
Description Giant Atter is one of the most attractive larger bamboos.   It has dark green straight culms, large foliage and edible shoots.   Also a great timber species.    I’m surprised this plant is not more widely utilised as it is a beautiful, useful bamboo.

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Maroochy

 Maroochy Bamboo Genus/Species Dendrocalamus maroochy
Common Name Maroochy
Typical Dimensions 15m high, culm diameter up to 100mm.  -4°c
Description A big, strong growing striated bamboo with weeping tips that will trail to the ground sporadically.   Maroochy has the largest leaf of any bamboo in our collection.

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Black Asper

Black Asper Bamboo Genus/Species Dendrocalamus asper ‘Hitam’
Common Name Black Asper
Typical Dimensions 30m high, culm diameter up to 300mm.  -5°c
Description The largest black bamboo, Black Asper is very vigorous.   A most impressive giant with highly valued timber.   Will need plenty of room for this species.

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Gaint Asper/Indonesian Asper

Giant Asper - Indonesian Asper Genus/Species Dendrocalamus asper
Common Name Giant Asper/Indonesian Asper
Typical Dimensions 30m high, culm diameter up to 300mm.  -5°c
Description Our biggest bamboo, Giant Asper is grown commercially for shoots and timber and is the largest species to grow in Australia.   Other species may have larger dimensions but will not achieve them in our climate – Asper does.   A stunning plant.

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Weavers Bamboo

Bambusa textilis - Weavers Bamboo Genus/Species Bambusa textilis
Common Name Weavers Bamboo
Typical Dimensions 12 m high, culm diameters to 50 mm.   -12°c
Description A very upright and handsome bamboo, Weavers is great as a screening or stand alone plant.   It has lots of smaller culms in a tight vertical clump.  Very neat.

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Emperor Blue

Chungii - Emperor Blue Bamboo Genus/Species Bambusa chungii
Common Name Emperor Blue Bamboo
Typical Dimensions 10 m high, culm diameters to 60 mm. – 10 °c
Description The whitest of the white bamboos, Emperor Blue is also known as White Bamboo and Blue Bamboo.   A very strong, vigorous grower with very long (1m) internodes.   A beautiful and popular bamboo that needs some space as it can get up to 3m across at the base in the open ground.

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