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2012 Plants Avaliable » Bamboo » Phyllostachys vivax (Chinese Timber Bamboo)
Phyllostachys vivax (Chinese Timber Bamboo)
Running, Zone 6 Min. -22°C, Sun, 35’ - 70’, Culm dia: 4”. Fastest growing temperate timber bamboo. Full 4” culms can be grown in 3 to 4 years with a vigorous fertilizer program. Needs at least 100 square feet to produce full size culms. Thinner walled culms make this a good bamboo for making instruments and crafts. Edible shoots.