I was googeling this and thought the hell with it, I’ll ask the BTers.
I want to grow some bamboo just south of Cedar City Utah.
Looking for something good size, 15’+ 2″ or larger stalk diameter. Bigger the better.
What will survive in the cold here, -10º F. and where can I get some?
Joe H
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Lots of different types of bamboo, some grows in fairly extreme climates. Dunno about big, and it takes a LONG time for bamboo to grow large.
Call your county extension agent. They might not want you bringing it in. If it thrives, it can become a noxious weed really fast.
But, if you can bring it in, they will probably be able to tell you which species, and probably where to buy it.
Personally, I try to landscape with native plants as much as possible.
It grows like crazy here on Long Island...its hard to stop it from spreading so some people don't like it. I hear they put 2' + metal edging deep into the ground to keep the roots from spreading further than they want it.
http://WWW.CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
They sell species in Canada that are quite cold hardy. I take it you haven't seen the pics of little panda bears munching bamboo in the snow? In the great basin area (of which I think Cedar City is a part), your biggest problem will probably be finding a drought tolerant species, and one that isn't too invasive. As another poster said, check with your extension agent.
Don't know where you could get any out there- but something like yellowgroove bamboo will probably be the ticket- it's one of the bigger/hardy varieties. Most timber bamboos are not cold hardy. Yellowgroove will get up to 2 or 3" diameter eventually, but it will be quite a while, and you'll have to baby it in your climate- mulching heavily in winter and early spring, supporting the stalks from snow damage.
Try googling it. Yellowgroove is, I believe, a mongolian origin species- other varieties from that region might be what you're looking for.
zak
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"so it goes"
GROW IT IN CONCRETE TROUGHS!
Otherwise it will run and take over your world. The non-running types are very slow-growing.
Forrest
as has been mentioned, there are two general types, clumping and running.we have two types of clumping and they are very slow growers.the running type can easily be invasive but can be "contained"there are several web sites that talk about bamboo and there are some that sell it over the internet.depending on what you finally decide on, it may be too late to buy this year.I suspect the type you are looking for are runners so you will have to contain the roots.we bought ours from a local bamboo society and a nursery.in our search we came across these sites, know nothing about themhttp://www.lewisbamboo.com/http://bamboogarden.com/http://www.newengbamboo.com/http://www.bamboos.com/http://bamboe.robberg.nl/
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