It's unable to grow to full size here due to my zone 5 winters, but compared to spectabilis in the same location, I've the rough impression that 'Lama Temple' may grow 85% to 95% as tall with similar rhizome vigor and spread. In spring, the pale yellow of 'Lama Temple' contrasts with the red blush t...

Growing Phyllostachys parvifolia in zone 5 gave me the impression that leaf area surviving into spring has a great effect on a bamboo's ability to grow larger. It's a shame to see your parvifolia apparently reverting to growing juvenile culms this year. In a climate where winter leaf damage would ot...

I have an extra Phyllostachys virella rhizome available for sale in early April. This plant is vigorous and among the most cold hardy bamboos, appearing similar to Ph. rubromarginata. Feel free to submit any bids via PM . I'll alternately accept bamboos on my list of wanted plants for trade. Optiona...

Even one surviving culm can push new growth in time. :) For fastest recovery, it would be best to avoid disturbing the existing rhizomes and allow new rhizomes to grow into the newly added soil. This strategy is not without risk from another high salt water event. Yet such an event does not occur ev...

The virella here suffered topkill last winter with temperatures down to -27° C (-18° F). It's a survivor, including a recent rhizome division planted out in the open with little care amid the brome grass. Since last winter, recovery growth of that virella bamboo reaches about a meter high. In terms ...

I've a surplus of aureosulcata 'Lama Temple' here after a relatively mild winter.

Brad, is this one of the bamboos that you're seeking?

In addition to water, a bamboo like yellow groove requires fertile soil and full sunlight to grow and spread rapidly. These factors become more important in an area where the bamboo may suffer leaf damage from a cold winter. Is there something I can do to propagate or does it just take a few years b...

For more success with parvifolia in zone 5, the rhizomes are best planted deep in a fertile low area that receives generous snow cover in the winter and full sun in the growing season. If the snow isn't heavy before temperatures drop, extra snow can be shoveled over a young parvifolia to form an ins...

I'm considering a 30" 60mil barrier completely surrounding the bamboo to keep it out of the neighbor's yard and our other landscaping areas. [...] Will the full containment work? The area of containment is about 3' x 16', minus 1' from the fence, so actually 2' x 16' between the fence and the ...

Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Lama Temple' photos:

Regarding culm colors, that aureosulcata is a wild bamboo. :D Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Lama Temple' has been growing here since 2009 and I've noticed interesting culm colors over time, especially after colder weather. For example, here's a culm that turned black after winter a couple years ago. F...

Thick shoots make a meal,
but add hunger for bamboo
and lean shoots can do.

Has anyone here tasted shoots from multiple Phyllostachys species? Besides size and quantity and shooting times, how do they compare as far as taste and ease of preparation? Parvifolia is the tastiest among the few bamboos that survive the winters here. :D Fresh parvifolia shoots here are the easie...

Has anyone done this before? What should I expect for results? Phyllostachys aureosulcata (including f. aureocaulis) appears exceptionally resilient. I've a bamboo of the 'Lama Temple' variety here that initially recovered from a thin culm and a small rhizome fragment. This bamboo continues to spre...

jd, what solution do you think is used? just water? water and lime? salt? Besides applying heat, one of the objectives of boiling is to remove water-soluble compounds that would otherwise support microbial growth or insect attack. Plain water would serve this purpose. For flooring, they might also ...