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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

We did a lot of looking for bamboo and were told there were quite a few that 
did either o.k. or well down to Zone 5.  Here's one of the links that has 
one of the timber bamboos listed as growing up to 40' in Zone 6.

http://www.lewisbamboo.com/Bamboo_for_the_northeast_U_S_.html

Bamboo seems to be "in" and has gotten quite pricey.  I'd love to find some 
that didn't mean one had to hook the kids to get it.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue" <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> 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.