My native bamboo AKA Rivercane is still sending out more shoots! This is the third year I've tried to grow it, and the first time I have gotten it to take. The tallest shoots are almost waist high, so while it is still a bit fragile it looks like it's going to do fine.

I have a pretty large space for it to fill in a hollow, maybe half an acre, so this is a bit of a long-term project intended to control runoff, capture eroding soil, create biodiversity, and obviously grow canes that can be useful for a variety of purposes.

For those wondering, yes this is a running type like people complain about being hard to control, which is pretty much exactly what I need to fill this space.

For those interested in growing it in smaller areas there are actually ways to control it. Also we are at the northern end of its native range, and I don't expect it to be quite as vigorous here as it is farther south.

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