Growing Bamboo in Georgia

Ode to Bamboo 2
Acknowledgment . 2
Foreword 4
Information on Bamboo Farm and Authors 4
Characteristics of Bamboo . 5
Some Bamboo Terms . 5
Keeping Running Bamboo from Spreading . 6
Ground Preparation for Groves . 6
Fertilizing Bamboo . 6
Watering Bamboo 6
Planting Bamboo . 6
Pruning Bamboo . 6
Bamboo as a Food 6
Cold Tolerant Bamboo 7
Falling Leaves . 7
Insects and Disease . 7
Propagating Clumping Bamboo 8
Propagating Running Bamboo . 9
Digging Single Plants 10
Georgia Recommended Clumping Bamboo . 11
Georgia Recommended Running Bamboo 11
Species of Bamboo
Bambusa dolichomerithalla - ‘Green stripestem’ 12
Bambusa multiplex - Hedge Bamboo 13
Bambusa multiplex cv ‘Alphonse Karr’ . 14
Bambusa multiplex cv ‘Fernleaf’ . 15
Bambusa multiplex cv ‘Fernleaf stripestem’ 15
Bambusa multiplex cv ‘Golden Goddess’ . 16
Bambusa multiplex ssp ‘Riviereorum’ - Chinese Goddess . 16
Bambusa multiplex cv ‘Silverstripe’ 17
Bambusa multiplex cv ‘Tiny Fern’ 17
Bambusa multiplex cv ‘Willowy’ 18
Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda . 18
Phyllostachys aurea holochrysa - Golden Golden 19
Phyllostachys bambusoides - Giant Japanese Timber Bamboo . 19
Phyllostachys nigra - Black Bamboo . 20
Phyllostachys nigra ‘Henon’ 20
Phyllostachys rubromarginata - Red Margin Bamboo 21
Phyllostachys vivax - ‘Vivers Bamboo’ . 21
Pseudosasa japonica - ‘Arrow Bamboo’ 22
Sasa veitchii - Kuma-Zasa . 23
Sinobambusa tootsik albostriata 23
History of the Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens 24
Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens Building Inventory and History 24
SE Chapter of the American Bamboo Society 26
Sources of Information . 26