http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6515849993_ffb23b014a.jpg Happy by ocimum_nate , on Flickr If you believe in the power of prayer please join me this Sunday in praying for my son who is in the hospital. The arteries to his heart have been enlarged due to Kawasakis disease leaving him vulnerable t...

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/Nateabbott/DSC_0662.jpg This picture is from last year this year it is going to be just over 7' tall. I planted this plant as a one gallon plant when this daughter was born. I have planted a number of these plants. They seem to grow more upright in shady situati...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8167/7215173770_192c5ae92c.jpg DSC_0583 by ocimum_nate , on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2776/4134777575_75c8b4b1e8.jpg Sasaella masamuneana 'Albostriata' by ocimum_nate , on Flickr http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6073/6045211276_871745405c.jpg Hibanobambusa shir...

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Either or I think you will find the nitida a bit more upright and taller.

Bamboo Bokeh by ocimum_nate, on Flickr

Fargesia "Rufa" Bamboo by ocimum_nate, on Flickr

Thanks Fred

Bamboo artillary (Spring is Here) by ocimum_nate, on Flickr

I am sure that they would. I had some plants in my vegetable garden that were free standing at about 4.5 feet tall and I am sure they would have gotten 6 tall this year had I not dug them up and divided them. They benefited from shade from neighbors privet hedge

anyone know how to post pictures from flickr or 500 px?

Hibanobambusa shiroshima 'Tranquilans' by ocimum_nate, on Flickr

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/Nateabbott/DSC_0662.jpg 5 years from a 1 gallon plant it is now about 6' tall planted on a southern exposure where it gets full sun fall through spring and shade in summer when the apricot tree has leaves I also give it a good shot of lawn fertilizer every year ...

I just made my comment on the post as well

If anyone is interested Brian from Madman Bamboo has featured some of my work on his blog.

http://bamboogeek.blogspot.com/2012/03/ ... -nate.html

I am wondering if anyone else had a bad year for shooting with Fargesia nitida. All of my other Fargesia species did fine last year very little new culm production and no upsizing plants were otherwise healthy and didn't appear stressed.

I bought a one gallon one last year in the fall on clearance cost me about a buck. I will have to see how it does this year looking forward to another variegated grass.