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Needmore Bamboo
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Hardiness
Ratings
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| Grade A - In an average winter these species should see only minor leaf burn with little culm damage. The A+ species are superior in terms of hardiness. | |||||
Arundinaria
gigantea - A+ Fargesia denudata - A- Fargesia dracocephala 'Rufa' - A- Fargesia murielae - A- Fargesia nitida - A- Indocalamus victorialis - A- Phyllostachys bissetii - A Phyllostachys bissetti 'Dwarf Form' - A Sasa oshidensis - A+ Phyllostachys angusta - A- Phyllostachys atrovaginata - A- Phyllostachys aureosulcata - A Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Alata' - A- Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' - A- Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Harbin Inversa' - A- Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' - A+ Phyllostachys glauca 'Notso' - A- Phyllostachys heteroclada 'Solid Stem' - A- Phyllostachys mannii 'Decora' - A- Phyllostachys nuda - A- Phyllostachys nuda 'Localis' - A Phyllostachys parvifolia - A- Phyllostachys propinqua 'Beijing' - A Phyllostachys stimulosa - A Phyllostachys virella - A+ Pleioblastus shibuyanus 'Tsuboi' - A- Sasamorpha borealis - A- Shibataea chinensis - A- Shibataea kumasaca - A- |
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| Grade B - In an average winter these species will exhibit minor to serious leaf burn but the leaf buds should remain undamaged and will produce new growth in the spring. Minor to moderate culm damage may occur. | |||||
Bashania
fargesii - B- |
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| Grade C - These species will suffer serious leaf & culm damage in an average winter and may have to be cut down in the spring to make room for new growth. | |||||
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Fargesia dracocephala aff. - C- Fargesia robusta 'Wolong' - C- Hibanobambusa tranquillans - C Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima' - C- Phyllostachys aurea - C- Phyllostachys aurea 'Koi' - C- Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Slender Crookstem' - C- Phyllostachys edulis 'Anderson clone' - C Phyllostachys Edulis 'Seedling' - C- Phyllostachys elegans - C- Phyllostachys heteroclada 'Purpurata' - C- Phyllostachys iridescens - C+ Phyllostachys kwangsiensis - C Phyllostachys lithophylla - C- Phyllostachys meyerii - C Phyllostachys nigra - C Phyllostachys nigra 'Bory' - C Phyllostachys nigra 'Hale' - C- Phyllostachys nigra 'Punctata' - C- Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon' - C- Phyllostachys nigra 'Megurochiku' - C Phyllostachys nigra 'Shimadake' - C Phyllostachys praecox - C Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens - C- Phyllostachys viridis - C Phyllostachys viridis 'Houzeau' - C- Phyllostachys viridis 'Robert Young' - C- Phyllostachys vivax - C Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis' - C- Phyllostachys vivax 'Huangwenzhu' - C Phyllostachys vivax 'Huangwenzhu Inversa' - C- Pleioblastus amarus - C- Pleioblastus chino - C+ Pleioblastus gramineus - C- Pleioblastus gramineus 'Monstrispiralis' - C- Pleioblastus hindsii - C- Pleioblastus juxianensis - C Pleioblastus kodzumae - C- Pleioblastus linearis - C- Pleioblastus nagashima - C- Pleioblastus oleosus - C Pleioblastus simonii - C- Pseudosasa japonica - C- Pseudosasa japonica 'Variegata' - C- Pseudosasa pleioblastoides - C- Sasa cernua - C Sasa kurilensis - C Sasa kurilensis 'Shimofuri' - C Sasa palmata - C Sasa veitchii - C Sasa veitchii 'Asahinae' - C Sasa veitchii 'Hirsuta Sachaliensis' - C Sasaella bitchuensis - C+ Sasaella masamuneana - C+ Sasaella shiobarensis 'Sedenicola' - C Semiarundinaria fastuosa - C Semiarundinaria fastuosa 'Viridis' - C Semiarundinaria makinoi - C Semiarundinaria yashadake 'Kimmeii' - C- Shibataea lancifolia - C |
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| Grade D - It will be risky to grow these species as damage may be severe enough in an average winter that the rhizome system can be damaged and the plant could possibly die in zone 6. | |||||
| Arundinaria
funghomii - D Fargesia robusta - D Fargesia scabrida - D Fargesia utilis - D Phyllostachys bambusoides 'Kawadana' - D Pseudosasa japonica 'Akebono' - D Pseudosasa longiligula - D Sarocalamus fangianus - D Thamnocalamus tesselatus - D- Yushania anceps 'Pitt White' - D- Yushania chungii - D |
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| Grade GC - These ground-cover species look best when mowed down each February to get rid of the dead leaves and to showcase the new spring growth. Since an annual mowing is best, these bamboo are grown as herbaceous perennials. | |||||
Pleioblastus akebono - GC Pleioblastus argenteostriatus - GC Pleioblastus chino 'Murakamianus' - GC Pleioblastus distchus - GC Pleioblastus distchus 'Mini' - GC Pleioblastus pygmaeus 'Ramosissimus' - GC Pleioblastus distichus 'Variegata' - GC Pleioblastus fortunei - GC Pleioblastus gauntlettii - GC Pleioblastus kongosanensis - GC Pleioblastus pygmaeus aff. - GC Pleioblastus viridistriatus - GC Pleioblastus viridistriatus 'Chrysophyllus' - GC Sasa nipponica - GC Sasaella hidaensis 'Muraii' - GC Sasaella masomuneana 'Albostriata' - GC Sasaella masomuneana 'Aureostriata' - GC Sasaella ramosa - GC |
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