What is a Clumper?
A clumping bamboo is botanically classed as a “sympodial” species. The larger of the species usually originate in the tropics and the smaller clumpers prefer the cooler mountain regions. The new growth shoots up from the underground base of the mother plant to form, typically, a group of culms radiating from the center and growing outward in a circular clump. The mature clump diameter varies by species but the average clump is 5′- 6′ in diameter. Most these species are grown ornamentally in sub-tropical gardens (USDA zone 9 and above) but many of the mountain species cannot tolerate tropical conditions. Tropical Bamboo Nursery grows the tropical species and growing areas in the U.S. include most of Florida, Southern Texas, Southern California, Southern Louisiana and Mississippi, Arizona, and Hawaii (we do not ship to Hawaii).
