Borinda macclureana Diphylleia The small green leaves emerge

The small green leaves emerge with a heavy white frosting

giant flower heads adorn the top of the plant during the late spring and summer

the clump is smothered with up-facing

the name change

Borinda macclureana Diphylleia The small green leaves emergeBorinda macclureana is another species of clumping bamboos that has thrived in our hot, humid summers. This offering originated from a Keith Rushford collection from 11,000' elevation in Tibet. We planted our first trial plants of Borinda macclureana in 2007 it's thrived since. Our plants in full sun for a few hours each day actually look far better than our clump in shade. Borinda macclureana matures at 20' tall as a slightly arching clump with 10"