I have 7 or 8 species, mostly in the genus Phyllostachys. The largest I have is P. nigra 'Henon' which gets to about 25 feet tall here. I would really like to have a timber bamboo, but none are truly hardy here.
Bamboo doesn't grow here in the same way it does in mild climates. It only has one year flush of growth, with all shoots emerging over a period of a few weeks. Remove unwanted ones, and that's basically it for the year, a few secondaries may grow, but same principle.
Here is a hedge of bamboo I planted about 7-8 years ago to screen view of neighbor's yard. The new culms in the front of the bed are growing up and through the area I have Jerusalem Artichokes. I will leave them for about 2 more weeks until hardened, so I can use them as stakes, then I will cut the ones that are beyond their area. Many, many more shoots came up out in the grass, the lawnmower cut those off, and they do not regrow.
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