If you are considering purchasing bamboo , there are two must do's. First buy root barrier and 2nd only purchase from Bamboo Giants. After having expert advice from them we purchased 4 large bamboo's, we had an hilarious email from them telling us they were on route from the forests of the Tibetan foothills. The courier was excellent and our bamboo's were superb. They were huge, well packaged and with feed. 4 days later we had a follow up email to advise us on caring for them. We highly recommend Bamboo Giants for there knowledge, communication and quality of plants.