Been a while since I have posted! Lost my bamboo when it got down to 8 below. From south central Missouri and wondered whether I should cut all down to the ground or leave the so far green stalks. Almost all leaves look bad. It has grooves and came from the St. Louis area. Largest is 10 feet tall an...

Thanks for both the comments! Very helpful since I'm new on keeping bamboo! Was checking for new culms in March with my hand and almost touched this speckled kingsnake! :shock: Harmless but wasn't expecting that! It was partially hidden in the smaller bamboo! http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r89/G...

Thanks for the comments!

Alan_L, I only use photobucket for my snake and sometimes fish photos. It is a fun hobby called herping. Hope that explained all the snake pics!

Average winter but one night of minus 9 degrees did some damage to what I think is Phyllostachy which is about 3 years old. Smallest bamboo looks very brown but the larger has very green stalks with just a few green leaves that survived. Mostly in the center which I guess is more protected. Should I...

Thanks so much for the comments! It does have a definite groove on the bamboo. Sorry no previous photos of the culms. They are pretty much starting to get much taller now. So sounds like Phyllostachys. So I'm guessing this is a good bamboo to have? I only have a couple other photos which I will post...

New to the forum! Have had this bamboo for about 3 years. It came from the St. Louis area. Is it native or not?