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Phyllostachys parvifolia

Maximum height: 40 ft.
(Yet unknown for zone 5b)
Maximum diameter: 3 in.
(Yet unknown for zone 5b)
Minimum temperature: -15ºF: Zones 5b-10a
(The roots are at least 10ºF more hardy.)

Digging Season: Late October through December, or until the ground freezes.

Phyllostachys parvifolia in the snow in Rochester Indiana zone 5b

This timber bamboo is one of only two bamboos under that classification that we can grow here in zone 5b. The other one is Phyllostachys atrovaginata.

For the first few years our Phyllostachys parvifolia did top-kill. Since it has gotten settled in it has not top-killed and has indeed out performed both Phyllostachys bissetii and Phyllostachys nuda. It does wind burn and gets some twig damage, but rebuds on the old culms in the spring. It has not top-killed now for several winters in a row.

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