Thanks so much for the reply, will have a detailed look should it ever stop raining!

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Hi all I was sold a small bamboo as Phyllostachys kwangsiensis (!) a few years ago, stuck it in a corner and forgot about it. Looking at it a few years later, it's clearly anything but what it was sold as! Anyone able to ID my now mystery Fargesia? It's currently about 6-7ft tall, and nowhere near a...

I've 2 stands of C. gigantea - one was a division from the other - and both are flowering. Every culm, every branch, absolutely full of flowers. They've been in the ground for about 7-8 years and are approx 25ft tall.

I'm about 15 miles north of Manchester, UK

Anyone else in the same boat?

A few more photos if they're any help - the culms are green for the first year, then the striping shows up from the 2nd/3rd year onward and looks really quite nice. Hopefully might help to finally identify this once and for all!

Thanks guys - I did wonder about praecox / violascens due to the striping.

This is the best image I have at the moment of the new culm from last year - there are a couple of new ones just starting this year, but seem much smaller presumably due to the flowering.

Thanks again,
Gary

Hi All, I've been lurking in the shadows for long enough and have decided to make the leap to my first post :D I have an unknown Phyllostachys which has decided to flower this year and I'd quite like to know exactly what it is. I've only had it about 3 years, last year saw quite an upscale in both h...