Re: was NE weather, now bamboo suppliers

My research also tells me that the rhizomes will burrow up to 3 ft to get under a barrier, too. (Of course, it is a characteristic that is probably species specific...)
Cathy
On Sunday, January 25, 2004, at 06:13 PM, Donna wrote:

Better have a high lip or those suckers will jump over the liner and
take over the pond. One member did this and had a very big mess, swears
they are worse than cattails...

Donna


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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of james singer
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 1:34 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] was NE weather, now bamboo suppliers

Eva, a bamboo nursery down here [which wouldn't do for your needs]
contain running bamboos with neoprene pond liner. Since the rhizomes
are not deep, it seems to work.



On Sunday, January 25, 2004, at 01:58 PM, EvaTEsq@aol.com wrote:

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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