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Yes, it has spread slowly, should be easy to control it. I'll get more pictures next time I am there. Thanks for the steel wool and light oil tips...have not tried that yet. I clean/wash it with Scotchbrite to remove dirt and it brightens up very well (green and black boo)...have not oiled...

Jay, you are exactly right. I have a patch of black bamboo planted, started the same time as the Moso, only about 60 feet away. It does grow much slower and ultimately only gets to 20-30 feet. It is just now, after 7-8 years, getting to be a size large enough that I can use it (approx. 1.5...

HA! Desert bamboo...who'd a thunk it?

You are right...I remember reading that it grows on the slopes of the Himalayas...there are some very hardy species. The Umbrella Bamboo is good to -20F and is a favorite food of the Pandas. http://bamboodirect.com/bamboo/catalog/mountainctlg.html

I bought my Moso bamboo from these folks: http://www.lewisbamboo.com/growth-chart.html We watch it shoot up each spring...it will be erupting through the ground any day now. I planted my Moso about 8 years ago...it was about thumb thick. Now it is larger than a Quaker oatmeal box. We love...

LOTS of good info here: http://www.bamboo.org/index.php and a tool that helps find the species that is right for what you want: http://bamboo.org/BambooSourceList/BambooSelector.php