bamboo/garden festival

I am having to water here too still.  It is really cold here tonight too.  I
wonder how many things can make it through when it is this cold and dry.
I just got back from our Oklahoma Garden Festival.   The best speaker of the
day was a 91 year old Master Gardener.  She was so wonderful... talked on
what plants WILL live in Oklahoma.  I only hope that I can pronounce and
know the names of all those plants when I am 91... can't do it now so there
might be hope.
Patricia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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.
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> 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
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> >> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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