On a yahoo group the question was brought up if 'Mini' was a separate form or if it was environmental. Last winter I had a root bound pot of each in the ground next to each other. Here are the photos of what the leaves look like today. They both had total top death after -12*F and they both have about the same amount of new growth but as you can tell the leaf size is different.
P. distichus 'Mini'
P. distichus
Bill
Pleioblastus Distichus 'Mini'
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