There has been fargesias that over winter here well and i have seen photo on finnish forum where they claimed that fargesia rufa in picture was over 10 old.Theres so huge amount things that can effect the over wintering and growth even in the same region that its impossible to say what species woud ...

Havent even heard about those yet again i have only phyllostachys in my garden.This winter has been nice thou.Weather broadcast said it will be +5C all the way to early January.Whit little luck we dont get hard frost before the end of January.Its extremely warm considering what time of year it is.

Theres Sasa kurilensis,Sasa senanensis,Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata,Sasa palmata f. nebulosa and from Fargesia there at least F.Rufa and im not sure if i remember correctly F.Nitida. Ofc you must remember that succes whit these kind plants can vary each winter and what i have understanded right...

I understand the confusion i meant im zone 2 in my own country (its pretty much same as zone 5 in usda).Im livin North of Turku near Pori. What i know is that in southern reagions of Finland (south of Turku) there has been good success whit some other types of bamboo (sasa and Fargesia) so im hoppin...

All of my bamboos grow in raised beds since its most convealing and helpfull way to grow plants in my climate and soil i have here.What come to over wintering i have very limited data since my oldest plantation of P.Nuda is now 3 years old and since i have chosed the planting place poorly it has bee...

Hello all :) This is my small introduction and about the growing conditions and bamboos im growing. I live in Finland zone 2 and im trying to find suitable phyllostachys bamboo that will grow in my garden. My plants experience extremely harsh winters (lowest temperatures can be in over -20 C many da...