JOIN NOW LOG IN
iVillage GardenWeb iVillage GardenWeb THE INTERNET'S GARDEN & HOME COMMUNITY ADVERTISEMENT
Blogs
Garden Voices
Forums
Garden Forums Home Forums Nature Forums
Photo Galleries
Garden Galleries Home Galleries
Ask The Experts Tools & Directories
Organization Directory Events Calendar Hortiplex Glossary Zone Finder Garden Bazaar
       
Return to the Permaculture Forum | Post a Follow-Up

o
Bamboo

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings
Posted by smittyct6 Z6 CT (My Page) on
Thu, Oct 23, 03 at 11:07

RED MARGIN BAMBOO
Phyllostachys rubromarginata
Good for wood quality, long & straight with little taper.
(25' max height, -5F min temp, 2.75' max diameter)

Has anyone grown bamboo in USDA zone 6
I am looking for some advice about a multifunctional bamboo that will grow here. SMitty in Connecticut

Follow-Up Postings:

o
RE: Bamboo

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

If it isn't the clumping kind, you're in for major trouble. A previous owner of a house I rented a few years ago (Zone 6, New Jersey) was into weird plants and had put bamboo in sunken metal cans in the back and side yard. It did not stay in the cans, alas, and ran amok through the entire yard and into the neighbors'.

Be very, very careful with bamboo.

o
restraining bamboo

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

Hi Demeter,
Have you any suggestions? I will be relying on this bamboo as lumber as well as food. Smitty

o
RE: Bamboo

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

This guy sells different types of bamboo and his catalog seems very informative and he's local enough for you to drive there.

Here is a link that might be useful: Tripple Brook Farm

o
RE: Bamboo

clip this post email this post what is this?
see most clipped and recent clippings

For midwest bamboo, I would recommend Burton's Bamboo Garden in Morrow, Ohio. Jerry has extensive experience with bamboos in the hot summer/cold winter pattern in the MW, and he carries bamboos that have proved adapted to our climate.

Here is a link that might be useful: Burton's Bamboo Garden

  
 

 

 


Click here to learn more about in-text links on this page.



iVillage GardenWeb: The Internet's Garden & Home Community
Join | Garden Forums | Home Forums | Exchanges & Trading | Member Pages | Contact Us
© 2006 iVillage Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Policies FAQ | Advertising
  
  iVillage Home & Garden Network