Update it this summer and let us know how Willis did for you. As mentioned, customers that went on gardenwatchdog and gardenweb have showed a lot of negativity towards them.

When I ate the berries, seemed like they had sweet pepper taste, but more juicy like a tomato, at least that is what I imagined since they are all in the same family. I liked them better dried I recalled. Last year the drought and cucumber beetles destroyed most things in their path, so maybe ate on...

All mine are tan these days(-7F lowest), just how it works with natural environment I work with and the difference a zone makes.

so I guess he got his help now.

I think the personal forms of contact should be edited out by moderator. New person, one post, and trying to redirect contact through those forms seems

I see that style a lot now on the internet, they want you to respond with your email or phone number, so they can spam it.

Then email would be too much to type too, I say spammer.....

Steve, you going to groom your Phyllostachys species as clumpers?

David, one of our moderators, lives in that area, he may know what would be the best in that local situation.
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Looks like you will have a forest in no time.

Probably having them contained in pots has some negative aspect to it.

I see one aspect of vigor as how well they bounce back from top kill.

Usually how stupid things are passed, keep trying again and again, and will get passed because other side is tired of it and fanatics are still crazy about it.

Fargesia may be hardy, but without vigor, hasn't done much for me.

I think besides obvious cold temps and wind that I get, lot of sun in winter and frozen ground plays critical role in this boo game for me. I also got an extra treat going into the winter with drought damaged leaves, so even though I've been down to only -7F so far, everything together ganged up on ...

My location is between Milwaukee and Chicago, near the Illinois-Wisconsin border, within a few miles of Lake Michigan. I am growing 4 cultivars of Phyllo. aureosulcata, the plain type form of aureosulcata is the one I've grown the longest, over 30 years, and it is incredibly root hardy. Back before...