Cold Hardy Bamboo

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Cold Hardy Bamboo

We specialize in contract growing cold hardy bamboo for USDA zone 5 & south for home gardeners, landscapers, zoological institutes, city parks & others.

Our Japanese inspired bamboo garden, Megumi no Sono, is located in northern Indiana approximately 60 miles south of the Michigan state line. We grow and test the cold hardiness of 25 species and varieties of bamboo in the midwest. After many years of cold hardy testing we are pleased to make our bamboo plants available to home gardeners, landscapers, zoological institutes, city parks, landscape ar

chitects, and more. Home gardeners and landscape industry professionals alike choose us for our years of experience and for our larger plants at a lower cost.

• We specialize in larger field dug divisions.

• Live plants are available for pickup at our nursery location only.

• All orders are field dug by request and are ready for pickup one to two months after being dug, weather and crop production permitting. We do not carry a potted inventory. Presale consultation on species choice per your application, planting site and more is offered. Please note that we do not carry an inventory. Every order is custom grown to meet your individual needs. Each plant is then stabilized for at least one month before being made available for pickup. We do not propagate from small root cuttings. We dig large plants with minimal root disturbance.

04/17/2026

Currently available as bare root tubers. Should bloom second year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Utlux7kbA

02/17/2026

Our website has undergone a recent update. A feature has been added allowing you to find your USDA hardiness zone by zip code. We hope you'll enjoy the updated look and features. Also, digging season is still open! 😊
http://www.countrywhatnotgardens.com

07/13/2025

Bamboo species choices for northern climates based on culm diameter.

In this video I do a comparison of the three largest bamboo species I grow here in zone 5b / 6a.I did a conversion for folks who use centimeters. You'll have...

04/29/2025

Bamboo digging season has come to a close until late Oct or early Nov depending on the weather.

There are a few pre-dug plants remaining in stock.

Phyllostachys parvifolia
5 gal qty 2 @ $80 each
8 gal qty 1 @ $156

This will be the last plants available until fall/winter 2025/2026.

If interested, please contact us from our contact page on our website. Thank you.

Our cold hardy bamboo is grown in northern Indiana, tested and proven to be cold hardy to USDA zone 5.

12/07/2024

It is bamboo digging season. It looks like there are some above freezing days coming up. If anyone is looking to get some bamboo, this is the time. We can be contacted via the contact page on our website. Thank you. 😊

11/18/2024

It's finally digging season! After a three month drought and a warmer than usual fall, digging season is late but finally here!

Please email, text, or call from our contact page on our website. Facebook messaging isn't reliable for us. Thank you. :)

http://countrywhatnotgardens.com/contact.html

11/10/2024

I wanted to post an update and say that I promise that I haven't forgotten digging season.

It's supposed to be digging season right now, but we are currently in a state of severe drought. It's been this way for a few months now. We had excessive rain back in July. You'd never know it now though.

We did receive a small amount of rain overnight last night. I dug a test hole again today to check for soil moisture. It's slightly damp less than 3" deep. Beyond that depth and the soil is completely dry.

People have actually asked me before why I don't just water the groves so divisions can be taken. First, I don't have enough garden hoses to reach that far. Secondly, if I did, I doubt the well could push the water that many acres back. Thirdly, if I could get water back there, the groves need more water than my well pump could pump before burning up. That is absolutely not a viable option. What we need is rain. Unfortunately, I don't control the rain.

I have been growing bamboo since 1997 and this is by far the driest for the longest duration I have seen the ground since that time. The groves are doing okay. The leaves were cupped a week or so ago. No full on curling. They are looking better this week.

I'm sorry for the wait, but please bear with us as we too eagerly await any rain that might come our way. I will post here on our page as well as on our website when we are finally able to produce divisions. Thank you for your patience.

https://www.drought.gov/states/indiana/county/Fulton

08/30/2024

I'm ready for summer to be over. My outdoor work has been at a bare minimum over the past 1 - 2 months due to the extreme heat and humidity. It's finally starting to look like this miserable weather could be coming to an end and I'm looking forward to fall!

Digging season will be coming up in a couple of months.
In the meantime, we do have some pre-dug plants available for pickup just in time for this cool down in the weather to make it fit for working outdoors.

Sold by rootball size.

Arundinaria gigantea 'Macon'

Approx. 5 gal (bagged)
Qty 3 @ $80.00 each

Approx. 7 gal (bagged)
Qty 5 @ $112.00 each

Phyllostachys nuda
Approx. 3 gal (bagged)
Qty 1 @ $55.00

06/20/2024

UPDATE:
PSA
This is apparently what a phishing scam looks like. Please don't fall for this like I did. If you do, do what I did and change all of your passwords immediately!

I was limited as to what I could see and do on my phone screen. Once I was on my desktop I could see what was going on.

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Facebook is threatening to remove our page. We haven't done any of the things they're accusing us of. If they remove our page, we will not be back. I've about had it with Facebook! Please use our website to contact us by phone, text, or email. Thank you.

04/12/2024

We currently have some Arundinaria gigantea 'Macon' available.

Sized by rootball sized.

Approx. 2 gal (bagged)
Qty 1 @ $50.00

Approx. 3 gal (bagged)
Qty 1 @ $60.00

Approx. 5 gal (bagged)
Qty 6 @ $80.00 each

Approx. 7 gal (bagged)
Qty 5 @ $112.00 each

Address

500 N
Rochester, IN
46975

Website

http://www.coldhardybamboo.com/

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