Dendrocalamus minor Amoenus bamboo

[Creekside]

The first photo shows the minor Amoenus I planted next to the barn a little over two years ago. The other shows the same clump a couple months later.

[Creekside]

Here it is now, 35-40' tall and covered in that showy white bloom. This beauty is fast, laughs off freezes and never has scale.

[Jeff Searle]

Catherine,

I have one in my yard also, and it's one of my absolute favorites. Thanks!

Jeff

[LeannF]

Oooo, I like that one....

[Walter John]

Yes I have a clump here too, ditto on the speed and beauty.

They call that "Ghost" bamboo here, is that a common name there ?

[Eric in Orlando]

That is a great, smaller scale bamboo. I think it is going to be more commercially available and used in the near future. It seems like quite a few wholesale growers are growing this. Sea World used this extensively in their new water park Aquatica.

[Creekside]

I've seen it called Ghost bamboo, but it's usually called Angel Mist here.

[FRITO]

nice Catherine!

here is a plant in North Ft Myers, FL

photo taken early spring this year.

[FRITO]

yours looks happier!

[OverGrown]

Nice! That's one I'll definitely add to resume. I like the speed of growth.

[Creekside]

I wonder if there are two forms of this bamboo. I've seen those that look like mine, but also clumps that have slightly smaller-diameter culms (and are maybe shorter, as well,) as in Luke's photo. It doesn't seem to be a result of sun/shade. I'll have to check it out.

[Walter John]

I wonder if there are two forms of this bamboo. I've seen those that look like mine, but also clumps that have slightly smaller-diameter culms (and are maybe shorter, as well,) as in Luke's photo. It doesn't seem to be a result of sun/shade. I'll have to check it out.

There's Bambusa chungii and it's lil brother barbaletta which are similar to Ghost bamboo.

[doubravsky]

yep. looks a lot like my Chungii..... also looks a lot like a smaller version of dendrocalamus jianshuensis....