Fargesia Species, Blue Fountain Bamboo, Hardy Blue Bamboo, Subalpine Bamboo (Fargesia nitida)

This picture shows it flowering which is rare, during this process the bamboo slowly dies

by KMAC Jul 25, 2004 5:57 AM

by ocimum_nate Sep 13, 2006 9:29 PM

by ocimum_nate Aug 30, 2007 12:54 PM

Quail Botanical Gardens, southern California

by palmbob Mar 3, 2009 6:23 AM

color comes out nice with flash photography

by palmbob Mar 3, 2009 6:24 AM

culm color harder to appreciate in bright light

by palmbob Mar 3, 2009 6:25 AM

some forms have very thin culms. This old plant has many hundreds of closely spaced culms

by palmbob Mar 3, 2009 6:26 AM

shorter, thin-stemmed form, Quail Botanical Gardens, southern California

by palmbob Mar 3, 2009 6:27 AM

by ocimum_nate Jul 11, 2009 1:32 PM

by ocimum_nate Jun 18, 2010 7:14 PM

The Huntington Botanical Gardens

by growin Aug 18, 2011 11:07 PM

A full-grown plant in March 2011 in southeast Pennsylvania, USDA Zone 6b

by Rickwebb Jan 21, 2014 12:39 PM

A side shot of the full-grown plant in April 2011 in se PA, USDA Zone 6b

by Rickwebb Jan 21, 2014 12:39 PM

Golden Gate Park, Botanical Gardens, San Francisco, May

by palmbob Apr 11, 2016 10:45 PM