Himalayacalamus
Himalayacalamus porcatus
The Nepalese Blue Bamboo comes from the Himalayas and has blue-grey finger size culms.
Himalayacalamus falconeri ‘Damarapa’
Candy Stripe Bamboo
Is the most spectacular of the coloured bamboos with green, white and pink striations.
Himalayacalamus hookerianus
Rare in cultivation. Culms have blue wax turning to dark blue to purple as temperatures approach freezing. Introduced from Darjeeling to Kew in 1896.
