Thank you, that gives me some hope. The berm is so fluffy/sandy I'd think that if the rhizomes can ever get traveling they will have a field day. We shall see! Thanks Brad.

I confirmed, it is Rubromarginata that I have. Good to know it should do ok in 6A. For fun I will plant it near water to see how much it heads for the wet soil or not over time

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I dug a pond last summer with my excavator and chucked the dirt into a berm about 9' tall or so behind the pond. The pond is about 30x50' approx.and is stocked with fish now. The soil in the berm is fairly loamy sandy stuff. I put in a 1 gallon yellow groove and a bissetti last summer and they got p...

I was assuming it was Rubro but I will check to see what kind it is specifically. No pond liner, a pig pond a dug with an excavator, it can pierce everything it desires to pierce.

Hi bought some red margin rhizomes and am wondering they will grow well in water/wetland areas around a pond? Would love to get some growing in a new fish pond on my land. Thanks!

very inspiring. I will secure a spectabilis! Thank you.

Hi all! Is anyone successfully growing Spectabilis in 6a? I last grew it in zone 8 but I'm in a colder climate now.If I recall Brad did in Indiana years ago before moving? If so does anyone want to sell me a rhizome? :). I miss that cool inverse pattern, good to see some of the old familiar posters ...

Are the Bissetii and YG photos on your website under the heading 'reliably cold hardy' from your property in Indiana? That is truly spectacular! How long did those groves take to mature to that density? Curious how many you started with there also.

Wow interesting, I always had more growth with Spectabilis and never had luck with YG so maybe I will try that again. How about bissetti? That is the other one I'm planting there. My Bissetti and Spectabilis always outperformed my YG in the mountains of CA but dont know if you had the same experienc...

Thanks Brad, yes I have lots of manure on my farm, mainly chicken which my bamboos always loved in the past. I will try some in pots in the greenhouse for a year or so and the others in ground and see which one sizes up faster, guessing those that get to overwinter in the greenhouse but you'd know b...

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Some of the Yellow Groove ( I think? ) stands growing nearby which looks fantastic for Jan! Good enough for me!