Re: Bamboo

Yes-- that'll be it (and thought I'd grabbed the tag but forget
now)............ but...........that site just CAN'T be legit!!  After all--it
says "Fargesia rufa is a pachymorph, which means that it couldn't run even if
it was being chased down the mountain by a pack of starving pandas."  Uh....
pack of starving pandas????!!!!

Sue
Upstate NY, Zone 6


----- Original Message -----
From: Kitty
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 19:59
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bamboo


There is a Fargesia rufa.  Does it look like this:

http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/Detail/06563.html


Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message -----
From: "Taborri" <taborri@rochester.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bamboo


> May be called a Rufa Bamboo-- I'll get tag tomorrow.  New cultivar, she
> stated
> intended to be more sun and wind tolerant.  She said time will tell.  I'll
> keep y'all posted.
> Sue, Upstate NY, Zone 6
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cathy Carpenter
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 19:07
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bamboo
>
>
> The thing about bamboo is that the clumpers are plants that are very
> winter hardy, but do not do well in the midwestern prairie heat.
>
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On May 3, 2006, at 11:04 PM, Taborri wrote:
>
>> I saw the Fargesias and we were working on getting me one, but I
>> forget why we
>> did not.  I ended up with......<tag outside and I forget the
>> name> ......  I
>> think it was a Rufus Bamboo, or similar name?  This is a new-ish
>> variety which
>> is supposed to be more sun and wind tolerant than most (Have I already
>> reported this?).  I was advised to fertilize-- I gave it some
>> Miracle Grow and
>> it seems quite happy in it's new location, greening right up and
>> all.  :>
>> Sue, Upstate NY, Zone 6
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Kitty
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 09:46
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bamboo
>>
>>
>> Fargesia nitida and a few other Fargesias are hardy to zone 5.
>> These are
>> Mountain Bamboo types that clump rather than run.
>>
>> Kitty
>> neIN, Zone 5
>
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