This bamboo will likely suffer some damage in zone 5 during the winter and won't get over about 15 feet tall. You can expect 30 to 40 feet in zone 6, and 40 to 60 feet high in zone 7. As always, fertilizing, mulching, and watering will make a big difference. This is a beautiful bamboo with very distinct, bluish gray culms. It is a giant bamboo with culms that can get to over 4" in diameter. With it's ghostly look and high quality timber this is one of my favorites bamboos. Probably one of the easiest to spot and identify from a distance. There is a grove in Birmingham that has spread through the back yards of several homes, following a small creek. They seem to love the bamboo as most keep their part of the grove well groomed. The canes have high quality timber for crafts and construction. My grove came from a huge old grove on the river. The owner was removing bamboo, trees, and everthing else growing there. I got some plants and lots of roots. I happened to get the roots at just the rigt time of the year and many sprouted. I cut a huge Giant Gray cane at the same time. It was about the maximum size, 4 and 1/2 inches in diameter and I used it one year to mount a television antenna (pre- sattelite TV days).

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Houzeou is a form of P.viridis which is a bright green bamboo. This one is also but has a yellow groove on alternating sides of the canes. Like the species, P.viridis, this has the pigskin like texture. The yellow sulcus, or groove, has more of an actual opaque yellow color than a semitransparent gold like Yellow Groove bamboo has and of course it gets much larger. The extra cold hardiness makes it a good choice for a giant bamboo in a colder climate.

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Another giant bamboo, this has canes that are very large in diameter in proportion to their height. The shoots are some of the best for eating. Supposedly this bamboo is one of the few that will grow in damp areas. This is one of the more cold hardy species, staying green down to -15 F. My grove of Incense bamboo has done quite well and has a distinct look. This has proven to be surprisingly popular bamboo. I've sold out over the last two years even though I had a good supply. We have a grove of this which is just beautiful. The canes have a stought, strong look.

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Largest of all the temperate bamboos, the culms can reach 7 inches in diameter. I've stood in a mature grove of this bamboo and it was awesome. Dark and still, it was like being in a jungle. Tiny leaves and giant, down covered canes make this a striking bamboo. The canes flare out at the bottom and the nodes get closer and closer together giving them a unique look. It is used for both eating and poles. China and Japan have giant forest of this bamboo. It is the bamboo used for scaffolding and the bamboo shoots used in Chinese cooking are from this species. In the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" there were some amazing scenes filmed in a bamboo grove. The bamboo was Moso. On tours of my groves this bamboo never fails to impress visitors.

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This giant bamboo has culms with a finely textured feel, looking like the skin of a football under magnification.(pigskin) White bands below each node give this bamboo a distinct look. The bright green color makes this a particularly beautiful bamboo. The canes get nice and large, with good quality wood.

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This is one of the most striking of the giant bamboos. Big, beautiful, canes with color that just just can't be beat. My 8 year old grove has numerous culms over 4" in diameter. Buttery yellow with ocassional green stripes, just beautiful! My main grove of Robert Young Bamboo was started about 15 years ago. I rescued a truckload of plants from a grove that was being bulldozed. It has grown rampantly ever since and the grove that now lines our driveway always brings a smile to people's faces.

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Basically a big, green bamboo but there is something different about this one. The way the canes slightly curve, the light green color, it's just beautiful. The shoots are some of the prettiest, with long wavy sheath blades and a pink color overall. This is supposed to have the most acid free, sweetest tasting bamboo shoots.

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