GOOD QUICK AND EASY CHOICES FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

 

Clumping Bamboos

30-40' tall - Bambusa oldhamii (Tropical timber bamboo) or Bambusa textilis (Weaver's bamboo)

20-25' tall - Bambusa dolichomerithalla

12-15' tall - Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr or Otatea aztecorum (Mexican weeping bamboo) or Bambusa textilis gracilis

Running Bamboos

30-40' tall - Phyllostachys bambusoides or Phyllostachys vivax or Phyllostachys dulcis

20-25' tall - Phyllostachys nigra henon

12-15' tall - Phyllostachys aurea (Golden bamboo)
or Phyllostachys nigra (Black bamboo)