This bamboo is reputed to be the most hardy species of the genus. Powdery new culms are dark green with some shades of purple and brown. Culms are hard, thick, tough and elastic; used as handles for farm implements, tools, fences and building material for sheds and small houses as well as furniture. Shoots are delicious. Good for hedges or screens or as a specimen plant in the landscape.
Introduced from China into the U.S. by Frank Meyer in 1908.
| Performance Phyllostachys nuda (Zone 7) |
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| Pronunciation Phyllostachys nuda |
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| Name | Botanical | Alternate | Meaning |
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| Phyllostachys | fil-lo-STAK-iss | fy-lo-STAK-iss | Greek for leaf spike |
| nuda | NEW-duh | Nude, naked | |
| Uses Phyllostachys nuda |
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| Edible shoots | Good | Hedge | Too tall |
| House | Too large | Wood quality | Excellent |
| Container | Good | Crafts | Good |
| Screen | High branching | Ornamental | Good |
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