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Originally Posted by sirdoofus
Yeah it was a weird year. I have several mildly hardy C. gigantea bamboo (all divisions came from one plant), 3 of which usually die back to the ground, one that hasn't even hardly blinked at winter since I have had it (5 years or so) and this last winter it took a serious beating.
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I have some Madake (Giant Timber bamboo, Phyllostachys bambusoides, not a species commonly grown in cultivation) which is not particularly cold hardy but survived here. I could tell it maybe wasn't the happiest this winter, but managed to hold on to its leaves, and had no problem sending out new growth later.