Phyllostachys vivax

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color:#006400;">Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis', Giant golden Vivax bamboo</span></strong></h1>

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<p>This giant bamboo is one of the most cold hardy of the large bamboos and is a very popular bamboo. It could reach up to 16 m.</p>

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<p>The Golden Vivax bamboo is cold resistant down to at least -18°C, but its rhizome could survive after at least -25°C. However, in colder areas, where temperatures regularily drop below -18°C, this bamboo could hardly get taller than 8-10 meters, after many years. In areas outside of the temperature inversions in southern Bulgaria, the Golden Vivax bamboo could reach its full potential and more than 12 meters of height.</p>

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<p>It is important to regularily water and fertilize the bamboo. This bamboo tolerates lime soil quite well.</p>

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<p>All photos are from our experimental filield in Assenovgrad, Bulgaria, zone 7b. We grow this bamboo there for more than 7 years.</p>

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<p>More information is available in Bulgarian on our forum:</p>

<p><a href="http://forum.palmi.bg/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp;t=44" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000FF;">http://forum.palmi.bg/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp;t=44</span></a></p>