RE: pine trees

Yeah, I have looked at bamboo now and again for my teahouse garden.
Descriptions for the clumping ones all seem to say they won't live in
high heat. I'm afraid to plant anything that needs containment. I
thought about putting them in pots, but then there's the watering
problem. So I plant nandina instead, but the gophers have taken out a
lot of my dwarf nandina, and the taller ones look pretty scraggly now,
although I'm not sure why...maybe I'll try cutting back a few canes and
see if they bush out.

Cyndi

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Judy Browning
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 12:42 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] pine trees

There's a Fargesia rufa & some other clumping bamboo that should be
hardy
here. Of course the ones I long for need restraint or are tender here.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT"
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:37 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] pine trees


> What kind of bamboo? Are you worried about it running out of control?
>
> Cyndi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Judy Browning
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 5:44 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: [CHAT] pine trees
>
> We had 5 more pine trees removed today. They've been shading the west
> side of
> my house for 25 years or so. After one went down in a windstorm, we
> decided it
> was time. They've been afflicted with pine borers and were overgrown
in
> containers when we planted them, so we've known it was a matter of
time.
> Still
> it leaves a big hole in our privacy screen. I have a forsythia on one
> end and
> the pines & hemlock on the front corner. Wide open to the neighbors
> front yard
> & driveway. We will probably plant a hedge, I'm thinking at least one
> clump of
> bamboo and a dogwood, too. We're going to the nursery tomorrow again.
> A nice day and I had little time to spend outside. Working on a class
> for
> tonight on emergency 72 hour kits and a newsletter. Looking forward to
> tomorrow. Hope the weather holds.
> Judy B z 6 Idaho
>
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