Re: was NE weather, now bamboo suppliers

Oh really?  Well, that's out.  If it's not xeriscape, it does not get planted here any more.
I'm still watering if you can believe it.  It's   making me nuts.  Ok, MORE nuts.

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From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 06:57:14 -0600

>I have thought about it for years Pam, but I think it requires so much
>water.... that we don't have.
>Patricia
>zone 6b
>western Ok
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 6:26 AM
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] was NE weather, now bamboo suppliers
>
>
>> So you think heavy clay would keep the spreading tendency in check??  If
>so, I may reconsider bamboo!
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: james singer <jsinger@igc.org>
>> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Date:  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:04:47 -0500
>>
>> >Right, Marge, they ain't cheap. I'm only familiar with three
>> >clumpers--Buddha belly, oldhamii, and golden--all suitable for this
>> >area, although I expect oldhamii [which is a timber bamboo, 50-60 feet
>> >tall with 6 inch diameter culms] is hardy a couple of zones north of
>> >here. It's a native of Japan and in its native habitat puts up with
>> >snow.
>> >
>> >Anyway, the price is more than $100 [retail] for any of them in
>> >7-gallon size. I think I paid about $50 for my 3-gallon Buddha belly.
>> >
>> >Another thing to consider with bamboo is soil. When I lived in the
>> >central valley of California, which is adobe to the center of the
>> >earth, I had a very nice, small stand of black bamboo, a runner. And in
>> >that impervious soil, it was quite easy to keep it from running
>> >anywhere. But I'd be an idiot to plant it here in this black sand. It
>> >would confiscate every square inch and them some by a week from
>> >Saturday.
>> >
>> >
>> >On Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 06:04 AM, EvaTEsq@aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> Thanks, Marge! I'll check it out!
>> >>
>> >> Eva
>> >> Long Island, NY
>> >> Zone 6/7
>> >>
>> >> "We don't do enough to exploit renewable energy resources."
>> >> Me
>> >>
>> >> In a message dated 1/28/2004 12:34:44 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>> >> mtalt@hort.net writes:
>> >> Well, Eva, a clumping form might work for you, while they expand,
>> >> they aren't invasive as the clump just gets bigger (so they say; I
>> >> have no experience with clumpers - only runners). Checking through
>> >> the list at New England Bamboo Co., seems there are numerous forms of
>> >> Fargesia that are hardy to -25F.  Of course, they ain't cheap,
>> >> but.....
>> >>
>> >> http://www.newengbamboo.com/index.htm
>> >>
>> >> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>> >> mtalt@hort.net
>> >> Editor:  Gardening in Shade
>> >>
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>> >Southwest Florida
>> >Zone 10
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>> Pam Evans
>> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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