Photo copyright: Dain Sansome, 2003
Photo copyright: Dain Sansome, 2003
Maximum Height: 30 feet, usually 20 to 25
feet
Diameter: 1 inch
Hardiness: -10° F
USDA Zone recommended 6 through 10
One of the hardiest bamboos with dark green culms and evergreen foliage. One of our smaller Phyllostachys,
usually growing only a little over 20 feet tall. Two bamboo growers
though have claimed to have plants growing to 45 feet tall under ideal
conditions. For us it remains a smaller bamboo. This bamboo can form an extremely dense canopy, scarcely admitting any light to
the ground.
A dense grove of Phyllostachys bissetii
Photo copyright: Amber Potter, 2006