Giant running bamboo to 20 m, the principal commercial bamboo of China for timber, building material, scaffold poles, fibre, and edible spring shoots.
Hardiness ratings
| System | Rating | Temperature range | How to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| USDA hardiness zone | Zone 6–11 | −23.3 °C to 10 °C | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
| RHS hardiness rating | H5 | −15 °C to −10 °C | Plant needs at least this level of cold tolerance |
| Canadian plant hardiness zone | Zone 7–9 | −12 °C and warmer | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
| Australian (ANBG) zone | Zone 2–7 | −10 °C and warmer | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
Growing notes
- Whole stems used as building timber and scaffolding — among the strongest plant materials by weight-to-strength ratio
- WARNING: Running rhizome — spreads aggressively by underground runners, can move 10 m per year if unchecked. Install rhizome barriers 60 cm deep or grow only in containers, or risk invading neighbouring properties
- Spring shoots are the bamboo shoots of East Asian cookery — eaten raw they contain toxic taxiphyllin, must be boiled with water changes before eating
- Distinct from the clumping Bambusa oldhamii already in the database (which is far better behaved)
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