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- Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:46 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Cool Coastal Climate
- Replies: 8
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Re: Cool Coastal Climate
Definitely visit Tradewinds in Gold Beach. Gib pointed out a few Bambusa he's been trying there when I visited. As others have said, it's just not warm enough for satisfactory growth of Bambusa. On the other hand, Borinda lushuiensis is stunningly beautiful and as large as many Bambusa species (thou...
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:11 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Purple culms
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5898
Re: Purple culms
Your plants are Phyllostachys aurea, not a Fargesia. Phyl. aurea can behave as a clumper in climates with cool summers like the PNW, so many people mistake it for a clumper, and the Olympic Peninsula has cool summers even compared to the rest of the PNW. But it is a runner, not a true clumper. I wou...
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 3:28 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Chusquea gigantea flowering
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6163
Re: Chusquea gigantea flowering
Well fudge. I just planted gigantea 2 years ago!
Oh well. Nothing I can do about it if they do flower. Haven't noticed anything yet, but things are just starting to grow here.
Oh well. Nothing I can do about it if they do flower. Haven't noticed anything yet, but things are just starting to grow here.
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:26 pm
- Forum: Growing Bamboo
- Topic: Fargesia scabrida shooting
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6804
Re: Fargesia scabrida shooting
The scabrida I planted in Fall of last year is shooting, too! Just one for now. It was a pretty stressed division. Hopefully there are more shoots on the way. 20180302_105147.jpg Rufa is shooting, too, in its third season. Lots more shoots, but this one was the easiest to photograph. 20180302_110555...
- Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:45 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou IX photos?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14005
Re: Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou IX photos?
Wufeng, the colors in the second to last picture (close-up of the culms) are beautiful! Windborne, those number 9 photos are great, too!
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:59 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou IX photos?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14005
Re: Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou IX photos?
I kept checking this thread on my tablet and the screen keyboard would hide what I was typing, so I meant to reply on my desktop and kept forgetting. It's been hard even finding information on 9. For every link on a search page to 9, there's usually 10 or more links for 1 or one of the other clones....
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:40 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: First bamboo you obtained
- Replies: 45
- Views: 27916
Re: First bamboo you obtained
It was only a few years ago, but I've already forgotten if my very first was the Sasa hayatae from a friend, or the trio of Fargesia (robusta, nitida, and dracocephala 'Rufa') from the local nursery. Whichever was first, the other was acquired not long after. The 'Rufa' is probably the one that real...
- Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:30 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou IX photos?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14005
Re: Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou IX photos?
Thanks for sharing your photos, Wind-born! I'm impressed with the height increase in that summer photo! You must be keeping it happy. Good to see the color of an unstressed plant in the ground, provided it has enough sunlight. The only one I've seen is a rather stressed specimen in a pot in a friend...
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:48 am
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Looking for KR suggestions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11357
Re: Looking for KR suggestions
That is lovely! I'm glad it has proved hardier for you than the cs 1046. I'm looking forward to this and others from the KR series becoming available in the U.S.A., however long that takes... :roll:[/quote] I can probably help you out my friend. Canada to USA is easy. It’s the import over the pond ...
- Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:16 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou IX photos?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14005
Re: Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou IX photos?
Sorry, looking for photos of number 9, not number 4, though I'd be happy to see your number 4, too!Van-isle-bamboo wrote:I’ve got one but I’m not too sure it’s the real number four. Turns green in the shade I’ve got it. No pictures but I’ll try to take some when I’m home.
- Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:44 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou IX photos?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14005
Fargesia sp. Jiuzhaigou IX photos?
Has anyone had this in the ground for a few years? I would love to see recent photos. I can't find much on image searches and what does come up is often another form of Jiuzhaigou. Saw a potted specimen in a friends greenhouse and it was almost as colorful as Jiuzhaigou I.
- Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:20 pm
- Forum: Bamboo Discussions
- Topic: Looking for KR suggestions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11357
Re: Looking for KR suggestions
The only Picture I found is 3 years old and during Winter. The plant is much bigger now. Steffen 20141223_153102_small.jpg That is lovely! I'm glad it has proved hardier for you than the cs 1046. I'm looking forward to this and others from the KR series becoming available in the U.S.A., however lon...
- Fri Dec 15, 2017 1:16 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussions
- Topic: Introduction
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10036
Re: Introduction
Thanks for the welcomes, Van-Isle and dependable. I'll get around to posting photos of my little beginner collection eventually. Almost everything is still small now and hard to take good photos of. This forum being slow kind of fits my pace right now. I've got a bad case of winter doldrums (even th...
- Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:07 am
- Forum: Exchanges
- Topic: Looking for Indocalamus tesselatus
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5884
Re: Looking for Indocalamus tesselatus
Yeah, that's a pretty ugly Indo tess. Looks like it's in a pretty exposed location, which might account for part of it. However, Alabama is a very different climate from mine. Everything I've seen and read indicate that it's a much shorter plant in climates like the PNW and England, and there are pl...
- Tue Nov 21, 2017 9:50 pm
- Forum: Exchanges
- Topic: Looking for Indocalamus tesselatus
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5884
Re: Looking for Indocalamus tesselatus
As far as I. hamadae vs. I. tess, I'd rather have the shorter form.