However the bamboo growth rate is dependent on the climate conditions.
Giant timber bamboo growth rate.
Bambusa oldhamii giant timber bamboo.
36 inches per year.
A clump bamboo useful for tall screens.
Once they have reached around 3 feet in height they will begin growing several feet per day.
Bambusa oldhamii is native to china and the most commonly cultivated clumping timber bamboo in the united.
Timber bamboo growing conditions.
20 f 7 c hardiness zone.
Longevity less than 50 years.
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.
This giant specimen timber bamboo grows quickly to 45 feet with a diameter of 5 inches.
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.
Known in the botanical world as phyllostachys vivax it is attractive with green stripes on its yellow canes.
The ruler is marked in 12 inch intervals for the first 6 feet thereafter the ruler will be in one foot intervals.
Giant timber bamboo oldham bamboo.
It can reach a height of 10 feet in just three weeks.
Full sun rhizome system.
This is one of the largest bamboo species.
A normal attrition rate for new growth is around 20.
Propagate giant timber bamboo from seed sowing it in a greenhouse around 68 degrees fahrenheit in a moist compost.
As it grows taller it becomes thicker and can attain a maximum height of 90 feet.
Watch bamboo growth video.
The clumping non invasive habit of giant timber bamboo make it an easy low maintenance choice for homeowners.
4 inches 10 cm minimum temp.
Grown as ornamental or for a paper pulp.
Most timber bamboos.
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.
65 feet 20 m max diameter.
25 50 feet.
Hardy to 15 degrees f.
