Photos of different species in a broad landscape shot

[needmore]

Some shots of the jungle out here...

Grasses, Gigantea, Kimmeii, Bald Cypress and more..

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/2006grasses.jpg" alt="SEMIARUNDINARIA yashadake 'Kimmei'">

Same but zoomed in..

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/2006kimmeii.jpg" alt="SEMIARUNDINARIA yashadake 'Kimmei'">

Sasaella Bitchuensis above the dog's head, multiple species in background

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo ... jungle.jpg" alt="SASAELLA bitchuensis ">

Vivax in center, Atrovaginata(Phil, see the triangle thing in the Atro?) in background, also Punctata, Spectabilis, Fortunei ..

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo ... ntyard.jpg" alt="PHYLLOSTACHYS vivax ">

Vivax, Basjoo, Cacti, Yucca and artwork by a neighbor..

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo/2006connor.jpg" alt="PHYLLOSTACHYS vivax ">

[Thuja]

Very nice jungle developing there. It all looks so well kept too. You must be working out there all day and night. I've got some grasses growing in my garden but they're not the ornamental varieties.

[serenityinbamboo]

What a tranquil looking place to live How many acres do you have, and how many years have you been at it? I hope to achieve some of that beauty on our acreage. Thank you for posting inspiration !

[Roy]

Brad,

Is that a pot of B. v. wamin sitting on the decking/porch in the back right corner of this picture? Roy Rogers

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo ... jungle.jpg" alt="SASAELLA bitchuensis ">

[needmore]

Roy, that's Gigantochloa Pseudoarundinacea.

[Roy]

Roy, that's Gigantochloa Pseudoarundinacea.

Well, I knew it had a tropical look to it.

[JakeK]

Brad,

It looks like you have a great place out there. Are you still up for some vivax by mid-September?

Jake

[needmore]

Serenity, we have lived here for about 5.5 years and all of the landscaping is 5 years or less. We have a long, narrow 5 acre strip. Most of the raised beds are 4 years old and were built to cover up extremely ugly drainage ditches, concrete dumps, and eroded to stone areas.

Jake, mid-September will not find me here, only the first and the last weekend of the month but I am still happy to overwinter your Vivax if you can get it here when I'm around.

Roy, do you have the Gchloa? It is 1 of 3 tropicals that I'm willing to continue dragging indoors each fall, the others being BVV and Burmanica. All 3 have consumed most of the soil in their pots and I am trying to get some 65 gallon containers to up them into, when I have them out of the pots I could surely pop off a Burmanica for you - perhaps you are too cold for it? It is very nice in a container I don't really know how it would form up in-ground..

[Roy]

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Roy, do you have the Gchloa? It is 1 of 3 tropicals that I'm willing to continue dragging indoors each fall, the others being BVV and Burmanica. All 3 have consumed most of the soil in their pots and I am trying to get some 65 gallon containers to up them into, when I have them out of the pots I could surely pop off a Burmanica for you - perhaps you are too cold for it? It is very nice in a container I don't really know how it would form up in-ground..

Brad,

The only GIGANTOCHLOA I have is "atroviolacea". I try not to devote a lot of space to the real cold sensitive ones. They can be grown in the SunCoast region, but they will take a hit every so often. People growing the more cold sensitive bamboos have to realize that every so often the bamboos will be hit with a hard freeze (24 F for about 4 hours or better) and that they will have a lot of cutting and hauling of dead culms. Of course the bamboo will grow back rapidly; a positive thing about bamboo. I haven't had freezing temps in my backyard since 1996, but I have a good number of lakes just north of me, which provide somewhat of a micro-climate.

<img src="http://www.bambooweb.info/images/bamboo ... t.1304.jpg" alt="GIGANTOCHLOA atroviolacea ">

[serenityinbamboo]

We also have a long, narrow 5 acre strip. Our lot is 185 ft wide x 1200 ft long. I have planted the outer perimeter, and now I am working on the inner perimeter that I am planning to have paths, benches, maybe a few bird & pond areas. I just have to remember to leave room for the house