Re: re: Bamboo

Zem - there was a good article in Texas Gardener magazine a while back
about all the different bamboos. Since a fair chunk of our state is zone
7, a lot of the info would be applicable in your area. I can dig it out,
copy and send if you would like to peruse it!!


Pam

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 04:58:25 -0500 (EST)

>Zem: Not all bamboo is invasive. You just have to find the clumping
>varieties. And it does make a lovely screen to hide unattractive
>features of the landscape. Most bamboo I've seen in nurseries is very
>clearly labeled as either clumping or spreading. The spreading kind is
>downright hostile if living in a jungle is not what you want, though, so
>be doubly sure! :-)
>
>
>Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
>"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
>--Albert Einstein
>
> --- On Sun 03/09,  < Zemuly@aol.com > wrote:
>From:  [mailto: Zemuly@aol.com]
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 10:33:38 EST
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather rant  flooding weekend chores
>
>In a message dated 03/08/2003 5:44:25 PM Central Standard Time, 
>Cersgarden@aol.com writes:
>
>
>> Zem, you need some of them 9' four oclocks!
>>     
>
>LOL!  Good idea.  I've thought about some of the wild bamboo that grows 
>around here, but I know that in no time I'd be living in a forest of it. <LOL>
>
>zem
>zone 7
>West TN
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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