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"Kaz" wrote:

The Fargesia bamboos (e.g murieliae, rufa, nitida) are very well behaved
and are very graceful, although they do have a tendency to "weep" or curl
over at the top so don't plant them too close to a path. You will need
reasonable sized specimens to start off with as they are slow to get going
but they are extremely hardy (popular in Scandinavia apparently).


You'll find fargesia murieliae difficult to get since it flowered
and died some years back. Similarly Fargesia Nitida is flowering at the
moment. There are seedlings of the new generation but mostly small as
yet. Fargesia rufa is one of the nicest bamboos, but probably takes
time to bulk up.
Yushania Anceps (Arundinaria anceps) makes nice hedges. They have
very impressive hedges of it at Burton Agnes, E. yorks.
There are some good books on bamboos.
The Gardeners Guide to Growing Temperate Bamboos, Mike Bell
Hardy Bamboos - Taming the Dragon, Paul Whittaker
are probably the best
Lastly a decent nursery with some knowledge of bamboos can advise.