Blue fountain bamboo earned its name from the dark purple bluish culms and the thick cascading canopy of foliage.
Bamboo growing zones.
Are you are growing bamboo in zone 7 and willing to fight with your cold hardy bamboo plants to keep them where you belong.
Growing this bamboo in a shady area will help preserve the rich blue shade.
So even if you re trying to grow bamboo in canada usda zones 5 and 6 you should be able to find an ample selection of species suitable for your conditions.
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Warm temperate tropical climates offer optimum conditions for most bamboo species.
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And growing bamboo in zones 7 and 8 is probably easier than you think.
It is extremely fast growing and can grow up to 3 inches per day in these conditions.
Thin shoots will get about 12 feet tall and it s hardy down to 20º f.
Its canes have a very attractive yellow and green striping and it will stay evergreen even in zone 5.
Spectabilis hardy down to zone 5 it grows to 14 feet 4 5 m in height.
Usda zones 7 and 8 run across the southern states and up through inland california and the pacific northwest.
These clumping varieties of bamboo for zone 7 grow to 16 feet 5 m.
Hardiness zones are used to predict the lowest temperatures your region is capable of producing.
Normally when talking about bamboo choice there are 2 general categories clumping and running.
To grow bamboo plants in northern climates you need to find one of the cold hardy bamboo plants.
Solid stem hardy to zone 4 this bamboo thrives in wet conditions.
In areas where it grows in.
This bamboo is colorful with orange culm sheaths and stems that begin blue gray but mature to a rich olive shade.
Some kinds will survive winter as far north as usda cold hardiness zone 5.
Hardy to zone 5 it reaches 8 to 10 feet 2 5 to 3 m in height.
Zone 6 bamboo varieties.
The figures used below come courtesy of the bamboo garden website.
Fargesia scabrida oprins selection asian wonders are also hardy bamboo plants that grow happily in usda zones 5 through 8.
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