Any info on this bamboo? Is it in Borinda? Hardiness? Pics?
thank you
KR 5288-???
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KR 5288-???
Hello all:
Any info on this bamboo? Is it in Borinda? Hardiness? Pics?
thank you
Any info on this bamboo? Is it in Borinda? Hardiness? Pics?
thank you
Last edited by BooKing on Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:19 am, edited 1 time in total.
Hi,
It?s either a Borinda or Fargesia, I hope this new genus will stick , the evidence for splitting Fargesia seems quite compelling. I saw this listed at the ABS auction , so someone must be importing these new collections , perhaps it won?t be long before their widely available !
It will be quite hardy as this one was collected at 3500-M in Tibet, two species were introduced from this area Kr 5287 and 5288, these numbers can get quite confusing after a while but the two are very different, the larger and quicker growing one is 5287 which is much darker in culm and leaf. The 5288 is slower growing but the culms have longer necks giving a more open look, it?s also said to be a lighter green( both look the same to me though).
I have both growing here , though they are still young having been in the ground two seasons only, the growth is quite amazing far better than any Phyllostachys growing here. All the cultivated plants from the Keith Rushford collection are yet to mature and show their true potential , the original plants are planted in a university/botanical garden and are said to look stunning, clumps 5/6 foot round and 810 m tall. But have been planted in the outer reaches of the garden in mature woodland without any additional watering , the last I herd the new shoots were being attacked and eaten by squirrels , hopefully there sort this out.
Here?s a Pic of KR 5287- Two seasons from a small division
It?s either a Borinda or Fargesia, I hope this new genus will stick , the evidence for splitting Fargesia seems quite compelling. I saw this listed at the ABS auction , so someone must be importing these new collections , perhaps it won?t be long before their widely available !
It will be quite hardy as this one was collected at 3500-M in Tibet, two species were introduced from this area Kr 5287 and 5288, these numbers can get quite confusing after a while but the two are very different, the larger and quicker growing one is 5287 which is much darker in culm and leaf. The 5288 is slower growing but the culms have longer necks giving a more open look, it?s also said to be a lighter green( both look the same to me though).
I have both growing here , though they are still young having been in the ground two seasons only, the growth is quite amazing far better than any Phyllostachys growing here. All the cultivated plants from the Keith Rushford collection are yet to mature and show their true potential , the original plants are planted in a university/botanical garden and are said to look stunning, clumps 5/6 foot round and 810 m tall. But have been planted in the outer reaches of the garden in mature woodland without any additional watering , the last I herd the new shoots were being attacked and eaten by squirrels , hopefully there sort this out.
Here?s a Pic of KR 5287- Two seasons from a small division
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KR 5288-???
Sorry, I did not write down the price for the KR 5288, but it sounds like Ian Conner, who donated the plant, is going to be a good source for unusual varieties.
Next year there are going to be some changes it the way the auction is ran. Normally the plants are shipped to the auction site and the bidding takes place there, but next year the convention is on the big island of Hawaii and with customs and shipping that will not work. You will have to check here to find out how it is going to work when the details are worked out.
Bill
Next year there are going to be some changes it the way the auction is ran. Normally the plants are shipped to the auction site and the bidding takes place there, but next year the convention is on the big island of Hawaii and with customs and shipping that will not work. You will have to check here to find out how it is going to work when the details are worked out.
Bill