4 inches 10 cm minimum temp.
Giant timber bamboo growth rate.
Once they have reached around 3 feet in height they will begin growing several feet per day.
A clump bamboo useful for tall screens.
Timber bamboo growing conditions.
In the landscape it can be used as a clump of vertical poles for a columnar element or planted in mass for a fast growing barrier screen or privacy hedge between properties.
Giant timber bamboo oldham s bamboo chinese name.
Grown as ornamental or for a paper pulp.
Bamboo used for timber can come from a great number of species though few of these are cold hardy or likely to be grown in the united states.
Full sun rhizome system.
However the bamboo growth rate is dependent on the climate conditions.
This giant specimen timber bamboo grows quickly to 45 feet with a diameter of 5 inches.
Germination can take up to six months but is usually much sooner.
Giant timber bamboo oldham bamboo.
This species of bamboo is largely classified as a timber bamboo.
A normal attrition rate for new growth is around 20.
Most timber bamboos.
Known in the botanical world as phyllostachys vivax it is attractive with green stripes on its yellow canes.
The ruler is marked in 12 inch intervals for the first 6 feet thereafter the ruler will be in one foot intervals.
Watch bamboo growth video.
36 inches per year.
As it grows taller it becomes thicker and can attain a maximum height of 90 feet.
Bambusa oldhamii giant timber bamboo.
25 50 feet.
Longevity less than 50 years.
This is one of the largest bamboo species.
Hardy to 15 degrees f.
The clumping non invasive habit of giant timber bamboo make it an easy low maintenance choice for homeowners.
Propagate giant timber bamboo from seed sowing it in a greenhouse around 68 degrees fahrenheit in a moist compost.
65 feet 20 m max diameter.
20 f 7 c hardiness zone.
