Can you grow bamboo in the US? Yes, bamboo is often grown as an ornamental and for privacy screens by gardeners all across the United States. Bamboo cultivars that will grow or at least survive in at least 49 states and Canada are available.

It has the tallest and biggest culms of any known bamboo species which can reach up to 46 meters in height, and up to 37 cm in diameter. This gigantic clumping bamboo is native to Laos and the Yunnan Province of China where it has long enjoyed great prominence.