Re: "bloomin" bamboo (OT)
- Subject: Re: "bloomin" bamboo (OT)
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 23:12:11 EDT
In a message dated 5/17/2003 10:11:08 AM Central Daylight Time,
rjcrump@bluecrab.org writes:
> We have a bamboo privacy hedge that we planted about 15 years ago. It is
> about 15-20 feet tall and is full of long seed spikes this year. It has
> never
> bloomed before and I wonder about the "old wives" tale that once it blooms,
> it
> dies.
>
> Anyone had blooming bamboo before?
>
> Jean Crump
> Zone 7, Eastern Shore of Md.
Many of the bamboo's are monocarpic. But being in a none bamboo state
(Minnesota) can't help with any more specific information.
Paul
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