BAMBUSA TULDA

 

50' height, Full Sun, 20 degrees F Minimum, Clumper.

        Gets somewhat bigger than Tuldoides.  Thick-walled culms are solid below 6' above ground.  Culms are longer, straighter, larger in diameter (6" maximum diameter) than Tuldoides.  Clump is more open than Tuldoides.   Dan Lemay has a clump in Fallbrook, California which he says loses its foliage around 28 degrees F. & begins to lose its canes about 22 degrees F.  His plant is very big & healthy, but not very attractive primarily because he never trims it or thins out the dead canes, which over a period of years have increased until they now dominate the entire clump.  Ken Brennecke has a clump in Ramona, California which has never thrived & he feels it needs a minimum temperature of 24 degrees.

        Native to eastern India & Bangladesh, where it is used commercially to produce pulp & paper.  Rare in the U.S.