How does bamboo react when it is exposed to too much cold?
As the temperature reaches the extremes allowed by a particular bamboo the leaves will suffer first by turning to beige and dying back. If the leaf buds are not damaged when the weather warms up the leaves will grow back. If the cold continues for an extended period or intensifies the branches and culms will begin to fade and eventually die. If the rhizomes under the ground are not killed the bamboo will grow new shoots which will turn into new culms in the spring. Several people who grow bamboo not rated for their location or in harsh climates treat it as a perennial.
As the temperature reaches the extremes allowed by a particular bamboo the leaves will suffer first by turning to beige and dying back. If the leaf buds are not damaged when the weather warms up the leaves will grow back. If the cold continues for an extended period or intensifies the branches and culms will begin to fade and eventually die. If the rhizomes under the ground are not killed the bamboo will grow new shoots which will turn into new culms in the spring. Several people who grow bamboo not rated for their location or in harsh climates treat it as a perennial.
