Ps Amabilis (Tonkin Cane) 2018
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 4:29 pm
This Ps. amabilis grove was planted in 2006. Roger Lewis Sr. suggested to me that he considered amabilis to be more hardy than stated in the literature.
The winter of 2018 was the hardest bamboo winter that we have experienced in Middle Tennessee. 4 days below freezing, highs in the 20s, and nights in the single digits with 2 nights going down to -1° F.
The new grow from last year got fried, but many of those canes are putting on new leaves.
The oldest clump is 25' tall. The large cane shown is 1.5" and looks to be exceeding 25'.
The grove is really beginning to spread and it was the smaller newest culms that burned the most. Amabilis will run and make a clump, run and make a clump, and the clumps seemed to fair better than single canes.
The second picture shows the entire grove. the oldest clump is in the background.
I'm thinking Roger was right.
The winter of 2018 was the hardest bamboo winter that we have experienced in Middle Tennessee. 4 days below freezing, highs in the 20s, and nights in the single digits with 2 nights going down to -1° F.
The new grow from last year got fried, but many of those canes are putting on new leaves.
The oldest clump is 25' tall. The large cane shown is 1.5" and looks to be exceeding 25'.
The grove is really beginning to spread and it was the smaller newest culms that burned the most. Amabilis will run and make a clump, run and make a clump, and the clumps seemed to fair better than single canes.
The second picture shows the entire grove. the oldest clump is in the background.
I'm thinking Roger was right.