Comments on: Winter Bamboo http://halfsidebamboo.info/http:/halfsidebamboo.info/wordpress/1993/winter-bamboo/ Growing Bamboo West of the Cascades Mon, 31 May 2010 20:45:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: philinshelton http://halfsidebamboo.info/http:/halfsidebamboo.info/wordpress/1993/winter-bamboo/comment-page-1/#comment-336 philinshelton Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:55:52 +0000 http://halfsidebamboo.info/?p=1993#comment-336 For your zone, you are going to be very limited in your choices of clumping bamboo. The only one I would recommend that will survive both the cold, the full sun and the coastal winds is Fargesia rufa. Under ideal conditions, that bamboo can reach about 9' tall, but I wouldn't expect it to get that tall in the conditions you describe, and it will probably suffer a lot of leaf damage over winter. My expertise is limited to growing bamboo on the coastal side of the Cascades, so I recommend that you pose the question of which clumping bamboo to use to the folks on the forum at bambooweb. Here's a link: <a href="http://www.bambooweb.info/bb/index.php" rel="nofollow"></a>. You will have to register using the link at the top left of the screen in order to post a question. I think you are going to find that one of the running bamboos will be a better (maybe the only) choice for creating the screening you desire. Phyllostachys bissetii is good bet. The bed you describe is a little on the narrow side, but you can grow a nice screen in it if are willing to do some maintenance a few times a year to control spread. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Thanks for the comments on the videos! For your zone, you are going to be very limited in your choices of clumping bamboo. The only one I would recommend that will survive both the cold, the full sun and the coastal winds is Fargesia rufa. Under ideal conditions, that bamboo can reach about 9′ tall, but I wouldn’t expect it to get that tall in the conditions you describe, and it will probably suffer a lot of leaf damage over winter. My expertise is limited to growing bamboo on the coastal side of the Cascades, so I recommend that you pose the question of which clumping bamboo to use to the folks on the forum at bambooweb. Here’s a link: . You will have to register using the link at the top left of the screen in order to post a question. I think you are going to find that one of the running bamboos will be a better (maybe the only) choice for creating the screening you desire. Phyllostachys bissetii is good bet. The bed you describe is a little on the narrow side, but you can grow a nice screen in it if are willing to do some maintenance a few times a year to control spread. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help. Thanks for the comments on the videos!

]]> By: ron rogers http://halfsidebamboo.info/http:/halfsidebamboo.info/wordpress/1993/winter-bamboo/comment-page-1/#comment-335 ron rogers Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:56:25 +0000 http://halfsidebamboo.info/?p=1993#comment-335 Hello, I have some questions about clumping bamboo. Here's what I'm looking to do: I have a raised bed surrounded by field stone. It is about 3' wide, 25' long, by 1' tall. I would like bamboo to fill in this area to block the view of my neighbors driveway. The bed in in full sun and it will be exposed to strong coastal winds. How long will it take for a cold hardy bamboo to reach a minimum height of 7 foot? How many plants would it take to fill in the area? I live along the coast in RI, zone 6A i believe. ps I enjoyed the youtube video, now my wife cannot complain when i but a battery operated sawsall;) thanks Ron Hello,

I have some questions about clumping bamboo.

Here’s what I’m looking to do:

I have a raised bed surrounded by field stone. It is about 3′ wide, 25′ long, by 1′ tall. I would like bamboo to fill in this area to block the view of my neighbors driveway. The bed in in full sun and it will be exposed to strong coastal winds.

How long will it take for a cold hardy bamboo to reach a minimum height of 7 foot? How many plants would it take to fill in the area?

I live along the coast in RI, zone 6A i believe.

ps I enjoyed the youtube video, now my wife cannot complain when i but a battery operated sawsall;)
thanks
Ron

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