Phyllostachys nigra (Black bamboo)
Other names: Whangee cane, Kuro-chiku
P. nigra is a clump-forming, suckering, evergreen bamboo with glossy, black canes, green when young, and long, narrowly lance-shaped, green leaves.
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4m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis (Henon bamboo)
Other names: Phyllostachys henonis, Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon', Phyllostachys nigra f. henonis
P. nigra var. henonis is a very tall, erect growing evergreen bamboo.
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5m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Pleioblastus viridistriatus (Kamuro-zasa)
Other names: Arundinaria auricoma, Arundinaria viridistriata, Pleioblastus auricomus, Dwarf green-stripe bamboo
P. viridistriatus is a compact, evergreen bamboo forming a colony of erect, holly, purple-flushed, green canes, hairy at the nodes, and narrowly elliptic to broadly linear leaves with yellow and green stripes.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.8m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nigra' (Hydrangea 'Nigra')
Other names: Hydrangea macrophylla 'Mandshurica'
'Nigra' is a small deciduous shrub with distinctive purple-black stems and dark-green ovate leaves. In summer it bears rose-pink (or bluish in acid soils) flowers in rounded flower-heads.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Phyllostachys vivax (Golden Chinese timber bamboo)
Other names: Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis', Phyllostachys aureocaulis
P. vivax is a large and vigorous bamboo with thick green culms. Not as many culms as most other Phyllostachys.
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4m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' (Golden groove bamboo)
'Spectabilis' is a tall, evergreen perennial bamboo with green-grooved, golden-yellow canes, which turn bright red in sun, fading to darker yellow with age.
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6m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. aureocaulis (Golden-groove bamboo)
Other names: Yellow-groove bamboo, Golden crookstem bamboo, Yellow stem bamboo
P. aureosulcata f. aureocaulis is a clump-forming, evergreen bamboo with narrow, lance-shaped, mid-green leaves and yellow canes with green stripes near the base.
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10m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Fritillaria pyrenaica (Pyrenean fritillary)
Other names: Fritillaria nigra
F. pyrenaica is a bulbous, herbaceous perennial with upright stems bearing whorled, lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and, in late spring, nodding, broadly bell-shaped, purple-brown, checkered flowers with recurved petal tips, yellow-green within.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Prunus cerasifera 'Nigra' (Black cherry plum)
Other names: Prunus 'Pissardii Nigra', Prunus 'Blaze'
'Nigra' is a medium, rounded, deciduous tree with dark purple leaves. It bears single, pale-pink flowers in early spring and has purple-black twigs.
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12m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Eva' (Elder 'Eva')
Other names: Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace', Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Black Lace', Sambucus nigra 'Eva'
'Eva' is an upright, deciduous shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves divided into ovate to elliptic, deeply toothed, purple-black leaflets and flat umbels of fragrant, pink flowers in summer followed by purple-black fruit.
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3m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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