BAMBUSA TEXTILIS GRACILIS
 
 
Height in habitat = 40'
Loses leaves around 15 degrees Fahrenheit.
Loses canes around 5 degrees Fahrenheit.
Dies around 0 degrees Fahrenheit.
If growing in the ground it prefers to grow in full sun.
A clumping bamboo - rhizomes will not run sideways.
Minimum soil depth required for a healthy plant = 1'
Unrestrained rhizome depth in moist soil = 2'
 
Compact clump of straight, tough, narrow & thin-walled 1 1/4" diameter canes.

Since 2000 this plant has become popular in Florida because it doesn't get as tall as the other giant timber bamboos.  It probably has a future in Southern California as well. 

Dr. Craig Nazor in Austin, Texas says his plant survived three nights of freezing temperatures, 22ºF, 19ºF, 17ºF, barely above freezing each day with wet, cold, windy weather. He reported the plant was completely defoliated, but grew new leaves in the spring.