Re: now bamboo-weather

Yeah. All clumping bamboos are pretty well behaved. Sunset's National Gardening Book has a bamboo chart that lists many species, gives hardiness zones, and tells whether they are clumpers or runners.

On Monday, January 5, 2004, at 08:44 PM, Kitty wrote:

Use the clumpers, aka mountain bamboo. Many Fargesias are hardy to Zone 5.
Kitty

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna " <justme@prairieinet.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 7:53 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] now bamboo-weather


Do you really believe that any bamboo is well behaved? Many times
thought of adding it around and in the pond area, but reconsidered.

Donna



Fine Gardening Feb 01 has a ft cover photo of a dry stream bed &
article
on
streambed stops erosion & enhances the landscape (p.26). Also, FG Aug
00 
(p.35) has an article on berms & dry stream beds.
Jim, are you looking for a bamboo article in FG? Apr 02 (p.70) is
'Bamboo 
That Behaves'.
    Ceres


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