I've always loved bamboo, so a year ago I was over and we dug up a bucket full. It was two plants I guess, and I planted them. Just dug a hole, added a little compost, and planted. My neighbor looked at them a few weeks later and said "Well, those are dead, aren't they?" (She's a bit blunt at times) All winter long I watched and hoped.
And then in spring, it started sending up little shoots that looked kind of like asparagus. Now my "those are dead" bamboos are gorgeous! Thick and full and about 4 feet tall. It's more like a bush.
What I'm trying to do is put a natural fence between myself and the neighbor, plus just grow bamboo because it's delightful. But...my aunt and uncle had no idea of the kind of bamboo this was. I've searched and searched pictures, and I just can't tell. One minute I think it's a Phylosomething and then last night I decided it was Japonica. But I'm still not quite sure. Some of them look alike to me, but I'm sure that's my inexperience. I only know it's a running bamboo. I'd like to know what kind so I can read up on it and know how to care for it, and perhaps how to train it to do what I want.
So here are a couple of pictures...sorry the second one is turned sideways. I don't know why.
