PHYLLOSTACHYS NIDULARIA  25' height, Sun, 0 degrees F Minimum, Runner.  Broom Bamboo, Pan sun chuk, Taai ngaan chuk, So-pa-chuk.

        Specimens in Europe during the severe winter of 1984-85 survived -6 degrees F. with the beginnings of leaf damage.  David Andrews reports minor leaf damage at 9 degrees & death to the ground at 3 degrees F.

        Distinctive prominent culm nodes & culms which bend under the weight of their own foliage.  Edible, mild-flavored shoots.  One of the 5 or 6 toughest, most vigorous bamboos.

        Plant sold at the 1994 ABS auction in San Francisco for $55.

 

PHYLLOSTACHYS NIDULARIA SMOOTH SHEATH   Only interesting to botanists.  The only difference is a smooth hairless culm sheath whereas nidularia has fine hairs on its culm sheaths.  David Andrews finds it 10 degrees more hardy than nidularia.