Here's a black bamboo shoot:


And a Castilion shoot that seem to be quadrupling last year's size:

Here's a pretty black bamboo shoot. I just love the wavy leaves on top.

  Yeah, Alameda is really the land that time forgot. Not on the way to anywhere. I cut off a few of my most affected culms, and will try to figure out how to get up into the reaches (about 25-30 feet) of my blue bamboo to spray. I have about ten other species of bamboo, and have found a little infes...

Thanks for the response. I'll check out that thread.

I'm having a problem with a blue bamboo. The leaves are getting blotchy yellow patches: I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a very moderate climate, and very sandy soil. Any idea what this may be and how to combat it?

Thanks for the advice.

I have a couple of beds that are surrounded by rhizome barriers. Right now there is one species in each one, but I would like to change things up a little. One irregularly shaped bed, maybe fifteen-twenty feet on a side, is all Phyllostachys aurea (aka Golden or Fishpole) that is about fifteen-twent...

Most runners will sent out rhizome many feet from the original plant. A strip of sidewalk is very little impediment for most runners. Unless the trench that was installed was dug very deep, it will spread in to the rest of your yard. Adding a rhizome barrier it probably your best bet, although its a...