We had such a mild winter in Oregon that there wasn't one bit of winter damage on even a single leaf of any of my bamboo. I even left all the potted ones out all winter with no protection. And some potted bamboo that I don't even know why I bought, because it can't live here if I plant it. Well it would top kill if I did. But it looks perfect after this winter in its pot.
Ok except one, Pleioblastus viridistriatus in a pot. Dropped half it's leaves. Seriously what is up with that stuff, so darn sensitive. I stuck it in the ground last month now.
WINTER 2015/2016
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Re: WINTER 2015/2016
A few Fargesias showing how they weathered the winter that wasn't. Spring has been very chilly here with persistent winds off the Atlantic and even a few smatterings of snow now and again.
1 Fargesia dracocephala 'Rufa' growing in a very wet spot
2-4 Fargesia murielae NG seedlings
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1 Fargesia dracocephala 'Rufa' growing in a very wet spot
2-4 Fargesia murielae NG seedlings
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WINTER 2015/2016
Having trouble with rodents and the Phyllos in Prince Edward Island (zone 5). I've tarped the plants in previous winters but rodents set up vacation houses under the tarps where they eat, crap and breed fungus.
This past winter I tarped nothing. The results were quite mixed. Here's a spectabilis without rodent damage but leaf damage.
Here's a non hardy aurea with a green leaved culm beside a mostly stripped plant.
Here's an up close of the branches. Notice the rodent trails in the grass to and from.
This is what happened to most of my Phyllos. Another example with aureocaulis.
Fargesia's are doing quite well.
Nitida
Murielae
Rufa
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This past winter I tarped nothing. The results were quite mixed. Here's a spectabilis without rodent damage but leaf damage.
Here's a non hardy aurea with a green leaved culm beside a mostly stripped plant.
Here's an up close of the branches. Notice the rodent trails in the grass to and from.
This is what happened to most of my Phyllos. Another example with aureocaulis.
Fargesia's are doing quite well.
Nitida
Murielae
Rufa
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WINTER 2015/2016
Top performers were
Sasa oshidensis
Sasaella ramosa
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Sasa oshidensis
Sasaella ramosa
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Re: WINTER 2015/2016
What is the "straight form"?needmore wrote:I'd like to get the straight form of Nidularia, a mature grove of it is quite interesting.
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Re: WINTER 2015/2016
By straight form I meant the plant that the species is named for instead of one of the named cultivars. Just plain old nidularia.
Brad Salmon, zone 12B Kea'au, HI
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