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Extra Large Edible Shrubs & Bamboos 8+m (25+ft) for Temperate Food Forests

Rated 3, 4 or 5 out of 5 for edibility

Arundinaria gigantea

Canebrake bamboo, Cane Reed, Giant cane

Evergreen
Height H: 9m or 30ft
Hardiness Zones: 5 to 9
Light Sun, Semi-shade, Shade
Moisture Moist

Arundinaria gigantea
3 1 4

Phyllostachys vivax

Giant Timber Bamboo, Running giant bamboo

Evergreen
Height H: 10m or 33ft
Hardiness Zones: 7 to 10
Light Semi-shade
Moisture Moist

Phyllostachys vivax
3 0 2

Now available: PLANTS FOR YOUR FOOD FOREST: 500 Plants for Temperate Food Forests and Permaculture Gardens.

An important new book from PFAF. It focuses on the attributes of plants suitable for food forests, what each can contribute to a food forest ecosystem, including carbon sequestration, and the kinds of foods they yield. The book suggests that community and small-scale food forests can provide a real alternative to intensive industrialised agriculture, and help to combat the many inter-related environmental crises that threaten the very future of life on Earth.

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