Pacific Northwest Gardening: Bamboo ?, 2 by RickCorey_WA
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RickCorey_WA wrote: I go by either name but prefer "Corey". There are just too many "Ricks". Google said your town was 45 minutes away, so let's only do it if what you have is *not* F. rufa. You're certanly welcome to some of mine if it's different from what you have. After three years (I think "3") I could dig out a chunk of roots. Probably cut it shorter at the same time so it doersn't have too many leaves and stick out the car window at 55 MPH! I'm not sure how far down the leaves go or how big the actual clump of roots is ... I'll have to burrow under it and check. Now that the culms are 6 or more feet long, the plant is shaped like a big umbrella or mushroom. The left photo was June 8 2012 just as new growth was shooting up, not yet drooping over. The right photo was from August of last year, not yet tall enough to droop all the way over. One reason I planted it was to get stakes and poles, not tall, stiff grass! There is a "Grass and Bamboo" forum, but they didn't seem able to tell similar varieties apart from a photo. There's also a Plant ID forum but I don't know - those Bamboo, they all look alike to me! http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/gab/all/ http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/plantid/all/ |