The Passiflora is still green??? After -12C??? Has it thawed? Interesting pics, thanks for sharing.

Yup...... I dont fully undetstand it.... It hasnt even frozen as far as i know, although some parts of it look like they were.

Maybe train a branch to go inside the garage (?) through a hole...

My clematis must be related to your passiflora...this pic was taken NOV. 12 (yup NOVEMBER 12th).

...just before the cold hit 👿
Barb
<img src=" " width="375" height="500" alt="DSC04075" />

OH nice!!! mine was alive till halloween!! I have the same one... the president.. should be a double bloomer 9 spring and fall... i couldnt be wrong. Almost tropical looking..... I hope mine survives, it has minimal multch

You staying warm there barb? Herd you got as cold as I am right now...

Jesse,
don't get too excited by the green Passiflora leaves just yet. Mine did the same thing last year. It died and just didn't know it. This year, I cut stems and dug the new one up to bring the roots and stem base in, but the few leaves up against the house that were still green--still are. This plant would be perfect for floral arrangements.....
As for bamboo, keep us updated. I'm currently frustrated by bamboo but may try again.
--Erik

I would say fargesia, but they hate hot temps. Although, my Rufa doesnt do that bad in the heat here ( amost 2 months straight of 28C - 35C weather this summer). It ir was planted under the shade of a tre it might do ok. They like cool roots.... You had no luck with phylostachys?

Thats exactly what i thought is happening with it... well I wont know till june or july here.....

Funny too, yesterday the weather netowrk say we were getting 20 cm of snow here, hence why I covered them. But we are getting 10mm of rain and 10cm of snow here in the next 24 hours. The temps are warming again, even at night. this was supposed to be the coldest week here this year, but its turning out t o be quite warm.

"its turning out to be quite warm."

I think that debatable! I would not consider 12f (the temp as I write this) very warm!

Ditto on the Fargesia, they really don't appreciate the heat. They really don't like to be in the sun when it is hot! My F. 'rufa' planted in the shade does OK in the heat, but the one that gets 3 hours of sun looks like crap! F. nitida seems to be able to handle the sun a little better, I've never seen it roll its leaves like 'rufa' does!

LOL it was supposed to be -16 last night (C), my yard wasnt lower then - 8C ( our average lows are -12 right now... so generaly we are warm for here)

Dear Friends, I'm posting a short report about covering my Phylostachys sp. Have no idea what particular species this guy is. It has been sitting about 20 years at one spot. Never been killed back down to the ground in spite of minus 30 once and some days between minus 20 and 25 every winter but is still relatively short (3.5 m as a maximum).

Today morning:

Started working on the winter protection:

Put a couple of pallets on it:

Covered with a PVC:

This guy (Ph.auresculata) is going to be overwintered with no protection:

Igor- Thanks for that. Similar to what I do, but I don't use a PVC covering (maybe I should...). For me P. aureosulcata is not top hardy except in warm winters (even then it gets burnt).

How do you protect your Aucuba (I think it's Aucuba in the 2nd pic)?

Thanks Paul. You are right it is Aucuba:

It's covered well along with Phylostachys sp. I don't care about aurisculata overwintering. It should be fine. I'm going replant it next spring to another spot mining that this guy is going to be run fast all over the place.

Good evening, Igor...
The tree canopy provides a nice microclimate during winter.

If your Phylostachys has survived for 20 years, presumably without protection, does it need protection this winter?
Hope you didn't hear any "cracking canes" when you put the pallets on top.

Nice specimens, love that aucuba.
I had one years ago, sadly it didn't last beyond the first winter.

Thank you for the pics!
Glad to "meet" you 😀

Barb

Good morning, Barb! This Phylostachys has the same type of winter protection every year as well as the Aucuba. It's snowing today and the rumors (the wundeground and etc.) say it's going to be badly cold the nearest days.