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 |
Phyllostachys nigra 'Boryana' (Black bamboo 'Boryana')
'Boryana' is a clump-forming, evergreen bamboo with lance-shaped, dark green leaves and slender, green to yellow-green canes with purple-brown marks.
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2.5m max. spread |
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4m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Phyllostachys humilis (Phyllostachys humilis)
P. humilis is a vigorous, spreading, evergreen bamboo with erect culms that emerge reddish-brown, turning bright green, then flushed orange with maturity, and lance-shaped, olive-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 |
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 |
Phyllostachys edulis (Moso bamboo)
Other names: Phyllostachys heterocycla f. pubescens, Phyllostachys heterocycla 'Pubescens', Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys mitis, Phyllostachys edulis 'Moso', Moso-chiku, Tortoise shell bamboo
P. edulis is a large, vigorous, spreading, evergreen bamboo with green to grey culms, silvery-grey and pubescent when young, turning yellow-green in full sun, and small, lance-shaped, mid-green leaves.
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10m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Other names: Black crowberry, Black-berried heath, Blackberry heath, Crakeberry, Crauberry, Crawberry, Crow pea, Curlew berry, Hog cranberry, Monox, Monox heather, Pigeon berry, Wire ling, Chamaetaxus nigra
E. nigrum is a mat-forming, evergreens shrub with trailing stems bearing needle-like, light green leaves and inconspicuous pale pink or pale purple flowers in late spring or early summer. Flowers are followed by edible, black fruit on female plants.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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