*mostly posting so i can follow the advice here.*
I am also in the humboldt area. I know next to nothing about growing bamboo though. just transplanted some clumping bamboo and trying to get it to survive. would love to get some larger varieties but it sounds like that might not go so well here.

So i am a complete newb at this. (not even sure if this is the right place for me to ask, if not, I apologize) I was recently given some bamboo from a friends yard. I an unsure of the species but it is a clumping variety that supposedly doesn't spread wildly. The shoots were dug out with roots intac...