Are any of your varieties clumpers which are hardy in zone 8a?

I have many sizes of B.V Buddahs if interested. D. Strictus sedlings - Water boo seedlings Blessings CJ Send email please as i dont receive reply notices for some reason. clutedad@nc.rr.com

Bambusa oldhamii Bambusa ventricosa 'clone x' Bambusa chungii Bambusa multiplex Bambusa textilis mutabilis Bambusa textilis 'albostriata', Bambusa multiplex 'fernleaf', Bambusa multiplex 'alphose kar' multiplex. The oldhamii just lost its leaves and it got down to 18 last winter as the lowest here in Anderson, SC(yes where the anderson clone 'moso' comes from. The chungii seemed to have some culm damage but is leafing back out pretty good now. The multiplex does fine and the textilis also does fine here. I figured that even if the oldhamii does get killed to the ground if we happen to have one freak winter that the roots will be pretty large and it should still be able to put up some decent canes. Also have: Ph. edulis 'Anderson clone moso'-gets huge here Ph. Vivax Ph. vivax 'aureocaulis'-one of my favorites Ph. henon Ph. nigra Borinda Boliana Borinda angustissima Fargesia Robusta Fargesia Rufa Pseudosasa Japonica I want to get some : Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda Pseudasa japonica 'tsutsumiana' Pleioblastus juxianensis

ewal- Different bamboo species have different degrees of winter hardiness. Some bamboo completely die when the temperature gets near freezing and others can withstand temperatures down to -20F for short periods of time. If you do have Rufa, that's a good choice for you because that is one of the ones that is hardiest. There are several other fargesias that are equally tough. Many bamboo will live in your Zone, but will suffer at least leaf drop in the winter. The fargesias are clumping bamboos. There are also a couple of running bamboo that are about as hardy, and one of them is Phyllostachys nuda. Your area is not a place I think of as having a lot of bamboo, so I suspect it may be hard to find a bamboo specialty nursery in your town. After you decide what you want, you may have to order it from a bamboo nursery that ships plants, and there are a lot of reliable ones out there. For now, I suggest you check out the link below, which is where a lot of the really serious bamboo folks hang out. I know that several of them grow bamboo in Zone 6 (and even Zone 5), and you will get good, firsthand recommendations from them on bamboo species that would be good for your situation. Just register and post there in one of the forums. One other thing you might want to mention is how hot/dry a Tulsa summer can get, as that could be hard on certain bamboo as well. Here is a link that might be useful: BambooWeb