I would love to know where i could dig up some bamboo in sc. I am just learning and would like to plant bamboo around my pond in charleston sc

Being in zone 8 , you should be able to grow a clumper. If your pond has a liner, the running bamboo can possibly puncture it.

thanks for many valuable tips :)

What is the best way to transplant bamboo from one place to another.
After some research on the internet, it seems that there are quite a few methods of doing it:
1) just roots, the tick ones (main rhizome) let's say 6"-12" section, put it in the ground and it should grow
2) roots ball + small section of main rhizome, no culms necessary, culms will die most likely anyway, so can be cut at about 6" above the ground
3) whole plant: root ball, 6" section of main root/rhizome, whole culms and as much soil as possible with root ball, big job but maybe worth every sweat drop?

are all of these methods good, maybe some are better that others in terms of end effect and work involved
any suggestions?

thanks

Does anyone know if giant bamboo would do well in the upstate of SC? Know where i can get some? Buy or trade. And will it spread? I did have some of the small type (too small except for fish'n poles)on a piece of property I owned and I bush hogged it over and over again, it would grow back fast!

Giant clumping bamboos usually would not grow very well in zone 7. Most large running bamboos should do fine though.

Oldhamii grows a steady rate in the parts of South Carolina that are classified as zone 8b (where I live it has not gotten below 20 this year so sometimes it is like zone 9a).

The Clone X type is hardier than Oldhamii however it probably would take very huge amounts of cold damage if it got below 20 too frequently.

I agree that the Bambusa Multiplex species would be one of the more effective choices for a clumping bamboo in zone 7.

The largest bamboo you can grow in upstate SC is moso, Phyllostachys edulis (or P pubescens) which can get 8" diameter culms and 90 feet high. It is a running bamboo, but is easy to contain. Here is a pic of a 15 year old moso grove in my yard.

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Mike, that pic gives me chills every time I see it!! :-D
Love it... but my Moso is only in its 3rd year. But someday I hope to have it looking that good.
CJ

I had lelald cypress planted as a privacy screen, about 15 feet apart (8 feet tall), hoping they would grow about 30 feet tall. The drought hit them hard, and we're losing some. A friend suggested planting clumping bamboo (my husband hates the running kind) between the cypress, they could grow as tall as they like. Is there a kind of clumping bamboo that would grow well here?
Thanks!