BC Island Bamboo is a quality retail and wholesale provider of cold hardy bamboo. We have over 100 species of cold hardy bamboo perfect for a hedge, the garden, a 20 metre high grove, decoration, an indoor plant, and much more.We are located in Courtenay, British Columbia on a 9 acre nursery.

There are two types of bamboo that we sell:

Running Bamboo

• Large, tall
• Good for hedges
• Spreads rapidly

Year 1 Growth                                                   Year 2 Growth

Clumping Bamboo

• Small
• Stays in a clump

Our Species List:



Arundinaria Gigantea

Bashania Fargesii

Borinda Angustissima

Borinda Boliana

Borinda Maclureana

Chimonobambusa marmorea

Chimonobambusa marmorea ‘Variegata’

Chimonobambusa quadrangularis

Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda

Fargesia denudata

Fargesia murielae

Fargesia Nitida

Fargesia nitida ‘Jiuzhaigou’

Fargesia robusta

Fargesia robusta ‘Wolong’

Fargesia Scabrida

Hibanobambusa tranquillans ‘Shiroshima’

Indocalamus Hamadae

Indocalamus latifolius

Indocalamus tesselatus

Phyllostachys angusta

Phyllostachys arcana Luteosulcata

Phyllostachys Atrovaginata

Phyllostachys aurea

Phyllostachys aurea ‘holochrysa’

Phyllostachys aurea ‘Koi’

Phyllostachys flavescens Inversa

Phyllostachys aureosulcata

Phyllostachys aureosulcata ‘Lama Temple’

Phyllostachys aureosulcata aureocaulis

Phyllostachys aureosulcata ‘Harbin’

Phyllostachys aureosulcata ‘Harbin Inversa’

Phyllostachys aureosulcata spectabilis

Phyllostachys bissetii

Phyllostachys bambusoides

Phyllostachys bambusoides ‘Marilac’

Phyllostachys bambusoides ‘Allgold’

Phyllostachys bambusoides Castillon

Phyllostachys bambusoides Castillon Inversa

Phyllostachys bambusoides lacrima deae (tanakae)

Phyllostachys bambusoides Shouzeau

Phyllostachys bambusoides Variegata (European clone)

Phyllostachys bissetii

Phyllostachys dulcis

Phyllostachys edulis Moso

Phyllostachys elegans

Phyllostachys flexuosa Spring Beauty

Phyllostachys glauca

Phyllostachys glauca Yunzhu

Phyllostachys heteroclada

Phyllostachys Incarnata

Phyllostachys iridescens

Phyllostachys Kwangsiensis

Phyllostachys makinoi

Phyllostachys meyeri

Phyllostachys nidularia

Phyllostachys nidularia ‘farcta’

Phyllostachys nigra

Phyllostachys nigra Shimadake

Phyllostachys nigra Punctata

Phyllostachys nigra megurochiku

Phyllostachys nigra henon

Phyllostachys nigra bory

Phyllostachys nuda

Phyllostachys nuda localis

Phyllostachys parvifolia

Phyllostachys Praecox

Phyllostachys Praecox Viridisulcata

Phyllostachys Rubiconda

Phyllostachys Rubromarginata

Phyllostachys Shuchengensis

Phyllostachys varioaurioculata

Phyllostachys Viridis ‘Robert Young’

Phyllostachys Violascens

Phyllostachys Virella

Phyllostachys Vivax

Phyllostachys Vivax Aureocaulis

Phyllostachys vivax Basinigra

Phyllostachys Vivax Huangwenzhu

Phyllostachys Vivax Huangwenzhu Inversa

Pleioblastus argenteostriatus

Pleioblastus Chino Variegatus

Pleioblastus Hindsii

Pleioblastus Pygmaeus

Pleioblastus Shibuyanus Tsuboi

Pleioblastus viridistriata

Pseudosasa Japonica

Pseudosasa Japonica ‘Tsutsumiana’

Pseudosasa Japonica Akebonosuji

Sasa Palmata

Sasa Veitchii

Sasaella Masamuneana Albostriata

Semiarundinaria Fastuosa ‘Red Fastuosa’

Semiarundinaria makinoi

Semiarundinaria Okuboi

Semiarundinaria Yashadake Kimmei

Sinobambusa tootsik

Thanocalamus Crassinodus

Yushania Anceps