FARGESIA NITIDA ANCEPS  Shade/sun, -20 degrees F Minimum, Clumper with narrower leaves that the typical F. nitida.  A 1 gallon pot with 8 4' culms sold at the September 91 N.W.ABS sale for $90.  Robert Lester reported that it, like all

fargesias, wants to grow in a shady location but also adapts well to hot summers.

 

FARGESIA NITIDA EISENACH  6' height, Shade/sun, -20 degrees F Minimum, Clumper with culms that occasionally split into 2 separate culms just above ground level.  A 2 gallon pot with one 4' culm sold for $45 at the N.W.ABS sale in September 91.

 

FARGESIA NITIDA EMS Shade/sun, -20 degrees F Minimum, Clumper.

From the Hesse Baumschule in Weener, Germany.  A gallon pot with 4 3' culms sold for $55 in September 91 at the N.W.ABS sale.

 

FARGESIA NITIDA NYMPHENBERG 6' height, Shade/sun, -20 degrees F Minimum, Clumper with leaves narrower than the typical F. nitida. Strongly arching culms & ascending young branches.

 

FARGESIA ROBUSTA  Shade/sun.  Plant sold for $105 at 10/95 ABS sale in Savannah.

 

FARGESIA UTILIS  photo by Jos Kevenaar  5' height, Sun, 0 degrees F Minimum.  Small, delicate Chinese mountain clumper native to the Yunnan Province in Central China between 9,000 & 12,000'.  Rather unknown, a recent import by ABS, possibly very hardy.  We've had bad luck growing it.  It grows for awhile & then dies, & if we try to divide it - it dies for sure.  A good one to do some hardiness testing on.

        A small pot sold for $35 at the 1988 NCCABS auction.  A 2 gallon pot sold for $110 at the 1988 ABS auction.