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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Mar 21, 2007, at 6:43 AM, tonitime AT juno.com wrote:

>    I have had two online trades fall thru on getting hardy bamboo  
> for our
> farm.  I have containers ready and the beginnings of a Japanese-style
> garden area.  What would that spot in our paradise be w/o bamboos?!  I
> wish the clumping types grew in zone 6aish - and i'd have them in  
> ground
> now.

Please tell us more of what you know about this. Heartwood is 6a-6b  
transition area. If weather keeps warming as it has lately, we may be  
solidly 6b. I would very much like to grow some bamboo for  
construction purposes.