Decora

Iowaboo · Post by **Iowaboo** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:42 am

ONline nurseries tell how this bamboo can take stresses of life such as heat,drought, and cold. I was just wondering what the bamboowebbers think about phyllostachys decora. Does anyone have experience growing this species? I was thinking about getting some, but not sure if its just hype surrounding decora; haven't really heard anyone say anything special about it in any forums.

Thuja · Post by **Thuja** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:09 am

I planted a small one this spring and all I can say about it so far is that it has beautiful shoots. Even the small shoots this summer had colorful, striped culm sheaths.

Post by **needmore** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 3:32 am

Last winter, the 2nd one for mine, it help up as well as anything else except Bissetii and native Gigantea, and it is in a very open planting site.

It produced a large number of culms and it runs very hard. I already have a mini-grove of it covering about 60 sq ft and I see new rhizome running well beyond. It was a large field division to start with.

Eric Layton · Post by **Eric Layton** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:30 am

Hey lk,
I have decora, nuda, and the all-yellow yellow groove right next to each other (same microclimate). The decora looks fresher than the other two most of the year. It has handled our summer heat and a mild zone 6 winter better than the other two. In my opinion it really is the "beautiful bamboo". It is competing right now with glauca for my favorite all green phyllostachys. That's not a comprehensive comparison, I still don't have much experience with bissetii, dulcis, vivax, ................ but so far I like it a lot.
Eric

Iowaboo · Post by **Iowaboo** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:34 pm

Thanks everyone for the info,

it sounds like worth a try in my region!

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