 | Phyllostachys aurea
The erect culms have distinctive swellings at the base. A clumping fast growing bamboo. Needs good light to ensure good yellow canes otherwise they are green in the shade. Reliable and non-invasive, this bamboo makes a good hedge or speciment plant.
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 | Phyllostachys aureosulcata Aureocaulis
Culms are greenish when new becoming a rich banana yellow and can turn to orange and reddish colours when sunbathed. Small, delicate, light green glossy leaves make an eye-catching contrast to the brightly coloured stems. A good subject for tall screening.
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 | Phyllostachys aureo-sulcata Spectabilis
This must be one of the prettiest bamboos suited to cold climate gardening. The combination of rich custard yellow culms slashed with green streaks, shimmering foliage and reliable hardiness make this one of the most desirable exotic-looking bamboos and an essential choice in the garden. Good for a tall screen or as a stand-alone specimen.
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 | Phyllostachys bambusoides Castillonis
Outstanding yellow culms with strongly marked green grooves to add to the excitement. Dark green leaves with and occasional yellow stripe complete its amazing costume. It grows in a range of soils and is good for single plantings and creating a grove.
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 | Phyllostachys bambusoides Castillonis Inversa
Outstanding green culms with strongly marked yellow grooves. Dark green leaves with an occasional yellow stripe complete its amazing costume. It grows in a range of soils, and is good for single plantings and creating a grove.
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 | Phyllostachys bambusoides Holochrysa
This is the essential bamboo to have in your garden. A gorgeous plant illustrating the best of the yellow-stemmed bamboos. Rich gold culms that have an orange luminescence in the soft morning and evening light.
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 | Phyllostachys bissettii
A most handsome bamboo and one of the first to shoot in spring. Bissettii always looks fresh, and is unscathed by conditions which can make other bamboos look tatty. Bissettii can form an extremely dense canopy scarcely admitting any light to the ground. Excellent for screening.
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 | Phyllostachys decora
This bamboo has very straight upright culms with masses of drooping foliage. It is one of the best bamboos for a tall dense screen.
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 | Phyllostachys dulcis
The masses of large drooping leaves, thick culms, and a white ring at the node make this one of our most beautiful bamboos. It is perhaps our largest diameter bamboo that is not over 40 ft tall. Our largest culms have been almost 3 inches in diameter and only 30 ft. tall. P. dulcis will occasionally display cream colored stripes on the culms.
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 | Phyllostachys edulis
Phyllostachys edulis is one of the most commercially grown bamboos in China. It is one of many bamboos to produce edible shoots and also provide timber for a multitude of uses to include scaffolding and flooring. This bamboo is capable of producing stems of over 25 metres tall with a diameter of 18cm.
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 | Phyllostachys glauca
This bamboo is native to the northern regions of China where it grows in hilly areas, plains and flood lands. It can tolerate dry conditions and a slightly alkaline soil.
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 | Phyllostachys nigra
Nigra - black bamboo - is the most distinctive of all the Phyllostachys. Its intensely black culms have a deep gloss resembling polished ebony. When established, it has long culms and masses of frothy foliage. Special Offers
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 | Phyllostachys nigra Boryana
One of the most stately and beautiful bamboos, 'Boryana' has a lovely combination of culm markings, leaf shape and habit which will convey an immediate exotic appeal to any garden. Tall, slender and arching, 'Boryana' is showy against any background, and is always rewarding to grow.
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 | Phyllostachys nigra Henonis
The Japanese call this the 'light and volatile Bamboo' (ha-chiku) which sums up this plant admirably. It has widely arching and slender canes topped with masses of shimmering leaves. Good for hedges and screens.
Olive green canes turn to grey with age.
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 | Phyllostachys parvifolia
This has been nicknamed 'the edulis of the north'. Very hardy, very big, very delicious and a good doer all round. Give it room, plenty to drink and a good feed. Produces dark green stems with parvi (small) leaves.
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 | Phyllostachys praecox Viridisulcata
This is a bamboo for delicious edible shoots, prized by the Chinese because it is one of the first bamboos to shoot in spring providing them with early fresh vegetable. The culms are tall, upright and the internodes are spaced at short intervals. Bright yellow stems wiht green sulci (grooves) and longitudinal stripes.
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 | Phyllostachys propinqua
A dark green bamboo, all over, which stays that way all year round. It doesn't produce many stems, but what it does produce are tall and thick. It takes up little ground area in relation to its height. Another early edible shooter.
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 | Phyllostachys rubromarginata
A clump-forming tall and erect bamboo. The green culms turn to grey, yellow-grey, yellow-orange in the sun. A great bamboo for screening and it tolerates windy sites. It does well in shade. Once established, it grows densely and produces lots of tightly grouped culms. This is a big grower and a fast performer.
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 | Phyllostachys vivax
Vivax by name, vivacious by nature. This is one of the biggest growers for the British Isles and a fast performer. Very dark green highly polished culms. Produces the largest leaves of the genus which are borne on an abundant canopy. The culm walls are quite thin. The edible shoots are sweet.
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 | Phyllostachys vivax Aureocaulis
This is possibly our most spectacular bamboo, it's towering spires of golden yellow culms painted with random green stripes is truly a sight to behold. Like other large bamboos, vivax Aureocaulis will appreciate the sunniest location possible.
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