Bring a touch of the exotic to your landscape with bamboo plants!
I specialize in clumping variety bamboos, so you don’t have to worry about the plants spreading uncontrollably. Clumping, noninvasive varieties stay where you plant them.
And because bamboos are unique in many aspects of their growth, care, propagation, and landscape effect, on this website to try to give a comprehensive information resource to acquaint you with everything you need to know to incorporate these spectacular plants into your landscape.
How to order: Check out the pictures and descriptions on this page, and decide what you want to order. Use the Contact Form to message me, give a list of what you want. I will get back to you, confirming availability, and we’ll set a day/time for you to pick up your plants.
Transporting bamboo plants:
The Green Multiplex bamboo plants I have this year are nursery propagated, and they have lots of leafy shoots that are just three feet tall, so they can fit into pretty much any vehicle (the tops are somewhat flexible).
The Royal and Blue bamboo plants I have this year were dug from mature stands in the ground over winter and put into pots, so they have much taller canes, which were trimmed but are still 8 to 15 feet tall. A pickup truck works well for transporting these larger bamboo plants. Smaller vehicles may require trimming the canes back considerably for transport. For transporting the larger plants in a pickup truck or trailer, bring sheets or plastic garbage bags for wrapping, duct tape or rope for securing the wraps, and a red flag (T shirt, scrap of red cloth, flagging tape, etc) to attach to the end.
ROYAL BAMBOO aka WONG CHUK BAMBOO (Bambusa textilis ‘Kanapaha’)
A visually stunning plant. Grows to about 50 feet tall, with big 2 ½ inch diameter canes. Perfectly straight canes with long internodes have a whitish blush. Additionally, there are no branches or leaves for the first fifteen or twenty feet on a mature plant, letting you see the beautiful canes without any need for pruning. The canes are mostly upright, with only a slight bit of outward arching. Cold hardy into into low to mid teens F.
This species is also known as weaver’s bamboo because the thin-willed canes can be divided into flat splints and used for weaving into baskets, mats, and other crafts.
Rare and highly sought-after, due to its magnificent appearance and cold tolerance. I helped popularize this outstanding variety when I got the American Bamboo Society to recognize it as the distinct cultivar Bambusa textilis ‘Kanapaha’. You can see plantings of Royal Bamboo (supplied by me in the early 2000s) in the landscaping in front of the Harn Art Museum in Gainesville. With good care, Royal Bamboo can be sending up full-sized, fifty-foot canes just three to four years after planting.
7 gal potted plant, $75
GRACILIS BAMBOO (Bambusa textilis gracilis)
A smaller form of Royal Bamboo. Grows about thirty feet tall, with canes up to 1.5 inches in diameter. Also known as Graceful bamboo, or Slender Weavers bamboo. Upright-growing and regal, Gracilis adds an exotic touch to yards where you don’t want to commit the space for the full-sized form of Royal bamboo. Cold hardy into low to mid teens F.
7 gal potted plant, $75
BLUE BAMBOO (Bambusa chungii)
A new introduction to Florida that is much in demand. Blue Bamboo is similar in overall appearance to Royal Bamboo, except that the powdery whitish coating on the canes is even more pronounced, giving them a decidedly blueish whitish tinge. Grows to about 40 feet. The canes are very upright, with very little outward arching, so they give the plant a regal columnar appearance. Cold-hardy to around 20 degrees.
GREEN MULTIPLEX aka HEDGE BAMBOO (Bambusa multiplex)
This is the basic clumping bamboo for North Florida. A dense but graceful plant, it is great for visual screening. Green canes with a slight bit of silver striping, which is most pronounced when the new shoots emerge. In full sun it grows densely to about 10-15 feet; in partial shade it stretches out a bit, producing slightly less dense growth sometimes reaching 20-25 feet. Cold hardy into low teens F.
3 gal potted plant, $45
For additional information on planting and growing bamboo, see the pages:
About Bamboo
Bamboo Planting & Care
Bamboo Questions & Answers
Bamboo Cold Hardiness
7 gal potted plant, $75
15 gal potted plant, $150
Florida Bamboo & Fruit Trees 