Sunburst Bamboo

Bambusa pervariabilis McClure ‘Viridistriata’

bam-BOO-sah per-vare-ee-AH-ba-lis

Poaceae

Explanation of name: Bambu is an ancient name for bamboos. The Latin prefix “per-“ means thorough or complete, so the specific epithet may mean “thoroughly variable.”

Natural range: China

Recognition:  Mid sized bamboo with bright yellow culms striped with vivid green.  Branchy with bushy top.

Landscape uses:  Showy, medium-sized clumping bamboo with bushy, canopy-like top

Internet sources: http://www.bamboo.ws/for sale list.htm

http://www.tropicalbamboo.org/subspecies/Bambusa/bambusa_pervariabilis.htm