In the perspective of dominant and recessive beauty,the aesthetic effect of bamboos in landscape design has been illustrated from four aspects,which are"bamboos leading to a secluded spot"and"simplicity and magnificence","bamboos at windows"and"bamboo shadows on white walls","bamboos,waters,rocks and plants setting each other off"and literati’s feeling about bamboos.On this basis,by combining with different characteristics of Chinese and western landscapes,the paper has proposed the application tendency of bamboos in landscape design,and emphasized integrating the essence of Chinese traditional landscape with western rational theory,so as to create more appealing bamboo landscapes.