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Our most Cold Hardy bamboo 503-647-2700 bamboo@bamboogarden.com Use this guide if you experience winter low temps of 5ºF or less The following are bamboo that should have little or no damage when exposed to the listed temperatures for a short period of time. Winds or prolonged cold spells can cause more significant damage to culms and foliage. The root mass often will survive colder temperatures, even if the culms die back to the ground, sending up healthy new shoots the following spring. Many groundcover bamboos (not mentioned in this list), although leaf hardy to near 0° F, are root hardy well below 0° F.
Also see
USDA Hardiness webpage
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![]() click on Map for larger image ![]() ![]() photos copyright: Noah Bell, Bamboo Garden Phyllostachys and Fargesia are the two most cold hardy groups of bamboo. See below for listing of each species with their lowest hardiness zone and minimum temperature: |
Timber Bamboo (Phyllostachys)
30 to 70 ft. tall |
Mid-sized Bamboo (Phyllostachys)
15 to 30 ft tall |
Cold-hardy Clumping Bamboo
6 to 25 ft. tall |
Cold-sensitive
Clumping Bamboo 6 to 50 ft. tall |
Other Running Bamboo
6 to 25 ft. tall |
Small Running Bamboo 1 to 8 ft. tall |
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