SINOBAMBUSA TOOTSIK

 

15' height, Sun, 0 degrees F Minimum, Runner.

        Does not like cold dry winters.  Unique tufted appearance with lower portions of culms free of leaves, strong main vertical lines & clumps of cloud-like foliage, somewhat like small more interesting version of semiarundinaria fastuosa.  Japanese gardeners like to use it as special accent in entry gardens.  Used for hedging on grounds of Chinese Buddhist temples.

        Does well in pots, at least partly because it is of good size, not too huge but big enough to make an impression.

        5 gallon pot sold at fall 1991 SCABS sale for $25. 3 5 gallon pots sold at spring 1994 SCABS auction for $20.

 

SINOBAMBUSA TOOTSIK ALBOSTRIATA

 

Probable height in Southern California within 3 years = 8'

Probable ultimate height in Southern California = 15'

Height in habitat = 30'

Growing in ground, wants sun with some shade.

Runner - rhizomes run sideways in moist earth unless restrained with root barrier.

Minimum soil depth required for health = 6"

Unrestrained rhizome depth in moist soil = 18"

 

        Ornamental highly variegated white & green striped leaves, does well in pot.  Found in Kobe around 1950, imported into U.S. by ABS in 1984.  

        15 gallon pot sold at '86 ABS auction for $215.  15 gallon pot sold at fall '91 SCABS sale for $50.  At fall '92 SCABS sale 5 gallon pot sold for $30.   Sold at 1994 ABS auction in San Francisco for $70.  Brent Adrian bought 15 gallon pot 5' tall for $50 at spring 1995 SCABS auction.