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Bamboo!
These are mostly 1-gallon sized. From the back (left to right):
Phyllostachys aureosulcata spectabilis, Phyllostachys nigra "Henon", Phyllostachys vivax aureocaulis, Phyllostachys aurea "Holochrysa", Semiarundinaria fatuosa viridis, Pleioblastus viridistriatus f. chrysophyllus, Indocalamus tessellatus, and Arundinaria gigantea
As far as my outside bamboo are concerned, there have been some surprising results after the winter. All of my bamboo plants were planted in early August, so there wasn't too much time for root growth, etc.
1x 1 gallon Fargesia murielae: Fared pretty well, with a bit of leaf dieback.
2x 2 gallon Phyllostachys bissetii: There was more leaf dieback than I expected, maybe 30-40% of the leaves.
3x 1 gallon Pleioblastus pygmaeus distichus: Some leaf dieback, maybe 33% of the leaves.
2x 2 gallon Pseudosasa japonica: Did better than expected, with only around 10% leaf dieback.
I've noticed new leaves appearing on all of my outdoor bamboo, so we'll see how they do this season.
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Posted : 13/04/2012 6:24 pm
Glad you had good overwintering results, Cameron.
Can't wait to see the bamboo forming walls in your yard.
Barb
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Posted : 13/04/2012 7:32 pm
Where did you get them from? No one should be shipping here yet.....
Great score though! I havnt seen Arundinaria giganta for sale anywhere here!
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Posted : 13/04/2012 11:18 pm
Nice collection of bamboo. I see you went below freezing this morning.... we did not.
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Posted : 14/04/2012 7:03 am
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Thanks, Barb! I'll make sure to post pics of their progress.
Canadianplant, I got them in an order that someone placed from the US. If the Arundinaria does well here, I'll make sure to send you some!
Tim, yeah, it reached around -1 C here last night. I'm hoping that this is the last week for freezing temps.
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Posted : 14/04/2012 12:24 pm
Yeh, I wish I have an access to a such nice source of bamboo... Nice finding, Cameron!
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Posted : 14/04/2012 12:32 pm
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Thanks, Igor. I checked the prices of the plants compared to Canadian sources, and some of them cost 3x as much here than those from the US!
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Posted : 14/04/2012 12:41 pm
Cam- Not only that but the selection is less here AND we're at the mercy of the West Coast where hardiness is not generally an issue...
Posted : 14/04/2012 5:16 pm
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Here's a pic of one of my P. japonica after the winter:
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Posted : 29/04/2012 11:44 pm
Thats Amazing. That is what my Rufa looks like (even the small patches of dried leaf). You should start to see some branching soon, which means some (hopefully) upsized shoots!
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Posted : 30/04/2012 9:46 am
not bad for winter #1.........any new shoots coming up?
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Posted : 30/04/2012 10:14 am
Very nice, Cameron! I've got a new bamboo a few days ago too. It's said P.auresulcata but i'm not sure 'cos a funny colour of a new growth.
And my long time cultivated bamboo starts growing too. Last spring I divided a huge clump of my 20 + years Phylostachis and hope this season the new clumps would be growing well.
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Posted : 30/04/2012 11:38 am
Very nice, Cameron! I've got a new bamboo a few days ago too. It's said P.auresulcata but i'm not sure 'cos a funny colour of a new growth.
And my long time cultivated bamboo starts growing too. Last spring I divided a huge clump of my 20 + years Phylostachis and hope this season the new clumps would be growing well.
Could be one of many types of Areosulcata. Nice plant though. My Fargesia Rufa just started to put out some new leaves. I have a few pots of seedlings I need to plant soon!
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Posted : 30/04/2012 11:47 am
I have a few naturally growing seedlings of Fargesia Jumbo. You can see stems of the mother plant that was blooming 3 years ago and has died though
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Posted : 30/04/2012 11:53 am
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Thanks, Canadianplant!
Tim, I didn;t check too thoroughly on this P. japonica, but there are new shoots emerging on my other specimen. Both plants also have new leaves emerging from existing canes.
Igor, maybe over time the new growth on that Phyllostachys aureosulcata will be more yellow-ish!
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Posted : 30/04/2012 7:14 pm
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