Phyllostachys bambusoides
'Japanese Timber Bamboo'
Under ideal
conditions this species will grow to over 70 feet.
The wood is of excellent quality and very hard
with thick culm (cane) walls.This mother form of
Slender Crookstem and its other subspecies.
This giant timber bamboo is slow to reach the mature
listed sizes of over 70 feet by a full 6 inches in diameter.
Only under ideal growing conditions of great soil,
full sun and in climate zone 7 and 8 will it reach
mature sizes.
Top damage to foliage and canes with
the temps drop into the teens during winter months.
This the slowest of the temp bamboo species to size
up in zone 7 for us.
The wood is of excellent quality and very hard
with thick culm (cane) walls.This mother form of
Slender Crookstem and its other subspecies.
This giant timber bamboo is slow to reach the mature
listed sizes of over 70 feet by a full 6 inches in diameter.
Only under ideal growing conditions of great soil,
full sun and in climate zone 7 and 8 will it reach
mature sizes.
Top damage to foliage and canes with
the temps drop into the teens during winter months.
This the slowest of the temp bamboo species to size
up in zone 7 for us.
This species does
make a
beautiful walk through grove and thick
privacy bamboo screen while waiting for it to size up.
privacy bamboo screen while waiting for it to size up.
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