Privacy & Hedges
18 cultivars trialed in Queen Creek, AZ (zone 9b).
Weaver's Bamboo 'RG Dwarf'
Bambusa textilis 'RG Dwarf'
Tight-clumping (non-running) tropical bamboo with slender dark-green canes ~1-1.3 in diameter; dark green, narrow leaves held low on the…
Timor Black Bamboo
Bambusa lako
Clumping bamboo with thick-walled culms 2-3 in diameter reaching 30-45 ft (up to ~70 ft in the tropics).
Dwarf Buddha Belly Bamboo
Bambusa vulgaris 'Wamin'
Compact clumping bamboo 12-15 ft tall with thick (up to 3 in) dark shiny green canes whose short lower internodes bulge like a Buddha's…
Sea Breeze Bamboo
Bambusa malingensis
Vigorous, bushy, tight-clumping bamboo reaching 30-40 ft with 2-2.5 in diameter culms; new shoots carry a powder-blue waxy coating that…
Chinese Dwarf Bamboo
Bambusa guangxiensis
Very dense, bushy, tight-clumping bamboo with dark-green foliage from ground to top; ideal hedge form.
Monastery Bamboo
Thyrsostachys siamensis
Very tight-clumping bamboo with thick-walled, nearly solid upright culms (2-4 in diameter), persistent culm sheaths, and fine narrow…
Lemon Bamboo
Bambusa spp.
Clumping bamboo with brilliant lemon-yellow canes carrying random dark-green stripes; new shoots emerge with a pink/peach blush.
Lime Bamboo
Bambusa spp.
Loose-clumping bamboo whose mature canes are green with a yellow stripe (the reverse of Lemon's yellow-with-green-stripe).
Dwarf Malaysian Variegated Bamboo
Bambusa multiplex
Bushy, tight-clumping dwarf bamboo with striking green-and-white (or green-and-cream) variegated foliage that holds its variegation better…
Blue Bamboo
Bambusa dolichomerithalla 'Blue'
Tight-clumping, upright bamboo 25-35 ft tall with 1.5-2 in culms; a white powder develops on maturing culms giving a pale/cobalt blue tint.
Nandina domestica
Nandina domestica
Upright, cane-like stems 4-8 ft tall and 2-4 ft wide with lacy compound leaves that shift from green to gold, red, and orange in…
Nandina 'Obsession'
Nandina domestica 'Obsession'
Compact evergreen shrub ~2-3 ft tall and wide with bright red new growth in both warm and cool months over blue-green mature foliage;…
Nandina 'Fire Power'
Nandina domestica 'Fire Power'
Dwarf, dense, rounded shrub ~2 ft tall and wide.
Nandina 'Flirt'
Nandina domestica 'Flirt'
Truly dwarf, tight, mounding shrub 1-2 ft tall and 1-2 ft wide.
Nandina 'Lemon Lime'
Nandina domestica 'Lemon Lime'
Compact shrub 3-4 ft tall and wide with short leaf internodes for a dense habit.
Nandina 'Twilight'
Nandina domestica 'Twilight'
Compact, bushy dwarf ~2-2.5 ft tall and ~1.5-2 ft wide.
Nandina 'Gulf Stream'
Nandina domestica 'Gulf Stream'
Dense, mounding dwarf ~2-3 ft tall and wide, filling to the ground rather than going leggy.