The Fargesia Rufa, has abotu 10 new culms, and it looks like more are comming. Even some of the culms I thought were dead, are leafing out ( not the tops, their fried). Im almost willing to say this thing is root hardy here, but i wont, becasue its never had a whole winter uncovered. I expect this guy to astound me this year.
The Fargesia Scabrida is 100% top killed. There is no and, if or buts about it. Im pretty sure, the roots managed to survive. Im sorry if the pics arent the best, but look in the center, I believe it has healthy root nodes ready to pop!
And The Phyllostachys. All the leaves are dead, except 2 or 3, and the culms are a nice green colour ( cept the tops). There also seems to be lots of leaf regrowth on most culms half way down. The pics I took dont show this well, so im not going to post them, but take my word for it, its very much alive
), I didnt put the plastic and or tarp directly over them, there was a good foot gap, which allowed the cold to get in there. Not to mention letting themget hit with -35C windchills LOL ( my misstake)
