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Re: [SG] Bamboo

"Michael D. Cook" <mikecook@PIPELINE.COM> wrote:

> My bamboo (Phyllostachys
> nigra) is refoliated, just as Harry said it would, and the foliage on the
> older stalks (they had been squashed to the ground by snow) whose leaves
> were not dropped, but were tattered and frostbitten, are greening up and
> looking better.  <snip>

Sheila, the heck with naysayers on bamboo, even the runners (as
opposed to the clumpers).   Phyllostachys nigra is on my "drool
list" <VBG> but is awfully pricey.  I keep scanning for someone
with a stand of it around here to no avail.   (I figure if I
offered to help cut the runners back, I could probably get them
to part with a few.)  Oh those black canes are soooooo gorgeous.
I hope you enjoy it.  A magnificent plant not that difficult to
contain if you plan ahead & keep up with it.

Jaime
jknoble@warwick.net
NW NJ, zone 6/5
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