Re: was NE weather, now bamboo suppliers

We have been hit badly from the arctic blast.  It has been bitterly cold this 
month, and the even colder, biting wind that has been coming down from the 
north has been absolutely brutal, though Boston, Mass. has had much colder 
weather then we have had.  

I expect that in the Spring I will find that I lost alot of plants this 
winter.

So, I have been thinking of planting a clumping variety of bamboo near the 
pond.  Does anyone know of any good suppliers?  I did some preliminary research 
online this morning, but I have only been able to find nurseries that sell the 
running bamboo varieties.  I have enough weeds to fight in my yard -- the 
last thing I need to battle with is an invasive bamboo.

In a message dated 1/25/2004 8:18:46 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
Aplfgcnys@aol.com writes:
In a message dated 01/25/2004 9:42:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
justme@prairieinet.net writes:

> Eva are you considered part of the nasty artic blast in the east? News
> reports here stating temps at -29F, add the wind chill and burrrr. 
> 
> Do we have anyone on the list in that area? 
> 

Not that far north, but above Eva, in the lower Hudson Valley we have been 
having a brutal winter.  Cold into the teens in early December, followed by 
more 
than a foot of snow.  Then  around Christmas it warmed up and rained.  All 
the snow melted, and there were even some nights when it didn't freeze.  
Temps 
up into the  60s. Some shrubs were budding, and a few bulbs pushing up. Then 
with the ground all bare, around January 7 it fell to negative numbers, and 
has 
been above freezing only one day since.  We did have about  4 inches of snow 
last week, but there were ten days of brutal cold with no  snow cover.  I'm 
afraid we will lose lots of things this year that usually survive.  It was 
below 
zero this morning, but is predicted to snow tonight and be milder next week, 
like up to maybe 34 degrees by Thursday.  The cold I can live with, but very 
cold temperatures when the ground is bare make me  unhappy.  I tell myself if 
I 
lose a lot of plants it gives me more room to try something new.
Auralie 

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Eva
Long Island, NY
Zone 6/7

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Me

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