Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens

Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m.

Participating vendors with bamboo-related products will be located in the courtyard adjacent to the Visitor’s Center, and The Mercer Society volunteers will be grilling hamburgers and offering cold drinks for sale. Lectures will be held inside the Visitor Center.

Saturday: Lectures

*Richard A. Waters 1 p.m.*
	Bamboo: The Musical Grass This bamboo expert and artist will discuss growing, harvesting, collecting, curing, and preserving bamboo for craft projects. Visit Richard’s Web site at www.richardawaters.com

*James Bonner 3:30 p.m.*
	Owner and propagator of the Bamboo Plantation in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Mr. Bonner will discuss the differences between running and clumping bamboo. Bamboo is often mislabeled, and Mr. Bonner will show participants how to identify the two species by looking at the culms.

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Sunday: Rare Plant Auction & Lecture

*Auction* *1 p.m.*
	Rare bamboo not offered for sale to the public will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

*Steve Carter 3:30 p.m.*
	This owner and propagator of Carter Bamboo of Brazoria, Texas, will teach participants how to divide and propagate bamboo. Using the techniques recommended by Steve, gardeners can extend their privacy screens by dividing one plant into three.

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Plant Sale Vendors (Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

Carter Bamboo

The multiplex group is the cold hardiest clumping bamboos available on the market. All bamboos are sold in three, five, or seven gallon containers.

Name

Bambusa multiplex, ‘Alphonse Karr’

Bambusa multiplex, ‘Chinese Goddess’

Bambusa multiplex, ‘Fernleaf’

Bambusa multiplex, ‘Golden Goddess’

Bambusa multiplex, ‘Lucky Silverstripe’

Bambusa oldhamii (Giant Timber)
(True-erect habit, not Bambusa oldashimae)

Bambusa tuldoides (Punting Pole)

Bambusa ventricosa (Buddha Belly)

Bambusa ventricosa, ‘Kimmei’ (variegated Buddha Belly)

Otatea acuminata aztecorum (Mexican Weeping Bamboo)

Bamboo Plantation

Name

Bambusa chungii var. barbellata

Bambusa dolichomerithalla, ‘Silverstripe'

Bambusa dolichomerithalla, 'Green Stripe'

Bambusa eutuldoides, ‘Viridi-vittata’ (Asian Lemon)

Bambusa glaucophylla (Malay variegated dwarf)

Bambusa, 'Mrs. Small’s Kenilworth'

Bambusa, 'Mrs. Smith'

Bambusa multiplex, ‘Stripestem Fernleaf’

Bambusa multiplex, 'Tiny Fern Stripestem'

Bambusa textilis var. mutabilis

Bambusa sp., 'Richard Waldron'

Bambusa ventricosa, 'Kimmei’ (variegated Buddha Belly with swollen nodes)

Bambusa viridiflavus

Bambusa tuldoides, 'Clone X' (Giant Punting Pole)

Bambusa textilis, 'RG Dwarf'

Dendrocalamus brandisii (Teddy Bear Bamboo)

Dendrocalamus jianshuiensis (known in U.S. as Laos Seedlings)

Dendrocalamus minor amoenus (Angel Mist)

Dendrocalamus strictus (male bamboo)

Guadua aureocaulis

Guadua angustifolia, ‘Bicolor’

Runners

Hinobambusa tranquillans, 'Shiroshima' (variegated foliage; 16’ culms)

Indocalamus cordatus

Indocalamus latifolia, 'Hopi'

Indocalamus victorialis

Indosasa crassiflora

Pseudosasa cantori

Pseudosasa guanxianensis

Pseudosasa japonica, 'Tsutsumiana' (green onion)

Sasasella massamuneana albostriata

Pseudosasa longilijula (tall thick culms used in furniture making)

Pseudosasa owatarii (ground cover that grows to 3” tall)

Pseudosasa viridula (long, wide green leaves)

Phyllostachys makinoi (new culms are blue)

Sasasella massamuneana albostriata (a sun or shade loving variegated ground cover)

Semiarundinaria fastuosa, 'Red Stem' (Temple Bamboo)

The Mercer Society

Name

Bambusa pervaribilis, ‘Viridistriata (Sunburst Bamboo)

Bambusa textilis var. gracilis

Bambusa lako (Timor Black)

Bambusa sp., ‘Richard Waldron’

Bambusa textilis, ‘Kanapaha’

Bambusa vulgaris, ‘Wamin’ (dwarf Buddha Belly)

Dendrocalamus minor amoenus (Angel Mist)

Gigantichloa (Bambusa) luteostriata (variegated leaves; tolerates some shade)

Gigantichloa atroviolacea (Tropical Black)

Runner

Sinobambusa tootsik, ‘Albostriata’ (green and white variegated plant for shade)

Rare Plant Auction (Sunday)

Name

Bambusa distegia

Bambusa malingensis, 'Silver Stripe'

Bambusa suberecta, ‘Jesse Durko White’

Bambusa subtruncata

Bambusa vulgaris, 'Wamin Striata' (striped dwarf Buddha Belly)

Dendrocalamus asper, ‘Hitam’

Dendrocalamus grandis

Guadua aureocaulis, ‘Moonlight’

Thyrostachys siamensis minor (Monastery Bamboo)

Runners

Phyllostachys vivax, ‘Huanvenzhu Inversa’ (culms green with yellow stripes)

Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda (Qiong Zhu), (rare Chinese bamboo noted for inflated nodes)

Sasamorpha borealis

Semiarundinaria yamadorii, 'Briscombe'

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This event is free, but lecture space is limited. Please call ahead for reservations at (281) 443-8731.

Saturday: Lectures

Sunday: Rare Plant Auction & Lecture

Plant Sale Vendors (Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)