Unnecessary workout? I decided not to use rhizome barrier on my bamboos and rather risk breaking my back twice a year doing some rhizome pruning. So far, it was not an issue and bamboos failed to take over the garden. So far. This year, weather was ideal for bamboos to grow rapidly above and…
As the weather cooled down in late summer, all my bamboos started growing faster above and below the soil level. Even the highly variegated seedlings started running with extreme vigor, this fall. The fact, that that they are variegated and have somewhat lower photosynthetic ability didn’t seem to bother them. Most of my Phyllostachys…
Bamboo Plant Planting year Comments Bambusa ventricosa 2014 Subtropical* Borinda fungosa 2012 Seedling* Chimonocalamus pallens 2013 Seedlings* Hibanobambusa tranquillans ‘Shiroshima’ 2012 Fargesia rufa 2011 sold as F. murielae Fargesia denudata ‘Lancaster 1’ 2012 Phyllostachys arcana ‘Luteosulcata’ 2015 seedlings Phyllostachys aurea 2011 Aggressive Phyllostachys aureosulcata ‘Spectabilis’ 2012 Lamatempel Phyllostachys pubescens ‘Moso’ 2012 Seedling* Pseudosasa…
One of the bamboo characteristics is its shooting date. Some will start shooting in early spring, as soon as the soil starts warming up. Early shooters from my list of bamboos are Fargesia Rufa and Phyllostachys pubescens ‘Moso’ seedling. There are also bamboos that do not like to wake up in the spring, but…
