Ivydene Gardens Adder's Tongue to Borage Wild Flower Families Gallery:
Bamboo Family

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Common Name to view that Plant Description Page
Botanical Name to link to Plant or Seed Supplier
Flowering Months to view photos
Habitat to view further Natural Habitat details and Botanical Society of the British Isles Distribution Map

Bamboo Family:-

Bamboos are " perennials growing in clumps or patches, with hollow woody stems ( and so used as canes in gardens), sheaths on the main stem and flat leaves. Rarely flowering in Europe, where several species, natives of Asia, are naturalised, usually in or near parks, gardens or waste ground. Few vernacular names are used in Europe, but some Japanese names are given here.

" from Collins Pocket Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe by R.S.R. Fitter and A. Fitter iluustrated by A. Farrer - ISBN 0 00219136 9 - First Published 1984

The Society was formed by Michael Hirsh in 1985, and was called The Bamboo Network. It amalgamated with other European societies in 1986, and was renamed The European Bamboo Network in order to differentiate it from the Australian Bamboo network. In 1989, the European Bamboo Network reverted to its former regional basis, and the British society was renamed The Bamboo Society (EBS Great Britain). The Society is affiliated to The Royal Horticultural Society.

UK - Bamboos website contains everything you need to know about choosing the right bamboos for your garden from a large range of species together with cultural details.

Buying and Planting Bamboo Plants in the UK and Growing Cold Hardy Bamboo with Creating a Gravel Garden using Bamboo and Grasses data from the Bamboo Store pages will aid your choice of bamboos.

The Bamboo Flora Gallery has 4319 photos of Bamboos. The American Bamboo Society have 5078 photos of Bamboo.

Bamboo Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Wild Flower Habitat Gallery:-

Common Name

Botanical Name

Flowering Months

Habitat

Chimakizasa

(Broad-leaved Bamboo)

Sasa palmata

Rarely flowers in Britain

This bamboo is becoming widely naturalised in abandoned gardens, damp woodlands and along shaded, overgrown stream banks. Lowland.

Flower

Flowers

Foliage

Form

Himalayan Bamboo

(Indian Fountain Bamboo), Mountain Bamboo)

Arundinaria jaunsarensis

(Yushania anceps)

Rarely flowers in Britain

A large, woody perennial grass that is planted and naturalised in woodlands, by rivers, in parks and estates, and also occurring as a relic of cultivation. It spreads vegetatively to form dense thickets, and (unusually for a bamboo) reproduction by seed has been reported. Lowland

Flower

Flowers

Foliage

Form

Metake

(Arrow Bamboo)

Pseudosasa japonica

Rarely flowers in Britain

The most commonly grown bamboo in Britain, frequently persisting in old gardens and along wooded streamsides in the grounds of country houses, and now becoming well-established in the wild in a variety of usually moist, shaded habitats. Lowland.

Flower

Flowers

Foliage

Form

Narihiradake

(Narihira Bamboo)

Semiarundinaria fastuosa

(Arundinaria simonii)

Rarely flowers in Britain

A woody perennial grass planted and established in woodland and on river banks. It also occurs as a relic of cultivation. Lowland.

Flower

Flowers

Foliage

Form

Simon's Bamboo

Pleioblastus simonii

Rarely flowers in Britain

A woody perennial grass which is planted and naturalised in woodland, beside rivers and in parks and estates. It also occurs as a relic of cultivation. Lowland.

Flower

Flowers

Foliage

Form

Hairy Bamboo

Arundinaria vagans

(Sasa ramosa, Sasaella ramosa)

Rarely flowers in Britain

A woody, rhizomatous perennial grass which is planted and naturalised in woodland and rough grassland, and on commons and roadsides; it also occurs as a relic of cultivation. Lowland.

Flower

Flowers

Foliage

Form