A normal attrition rate for new growth is around 20.
Giant timber bamboo growth rate.
36 inches per year.
20 f 7 c hardiness zone.
This species of bamboo is largely classified as a timber bamboo.
Giant timber bamboo oldham s bamboo chinese name.
However the bamboo growth rate is dependent on the climate conditions.
Germination can take up to six months but is usually much sooner.
As it grows taller it becomes thicker and can attain a maximum height of 90 feet.
Timber bamboo growing conditions.
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.
4 inches 10 cm minimum temp.
Longevity less than 50 years.
Propagate giant timber bamboo from seed sowing it in a greenhouse around 68 degrees fahrenheit in a moist compost.
A clump bamboo useful for tall screens.
Grown as ornamental or for a paper pulp.
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.
The ruler is marked in 12 inch intervals for the first 6 feet thereafter the ruler will be in one foot intervals.
This giant specimen timber bamboo grows quickly to 45 feet with a diameter of 5 inches.
The clumping non invasive habit of giant timber bamboo make it an easy low maintenance choice for homeowners.
Once they have reached around 3 feet in height they will begin growing several feet per day.
This is one of the largest bamboo species.
Watch bamboo growth video.
Hardy to temperatures as low as minus 5 degrees f the greenstripe bamboo also has large leaves making it suitable for growing as a hedge.
65 feet 20 m max diameter.
Full sun rhizome system.
Giant timber bamboo oldham bamboo.
It can reach a height of 10 feet in just three weeks.
Hardy to 15 degrees f.
Bambusa oldhamii is native to china and the most commonly cultivated clumping timber bamboo in the united.
25 50 feet.
