A Call out for Tropicman

Kansas · Post by **Kansas** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:20 pm

I was wanting Tropicman to take a pic of his "Yellow Grove Bamboo". I saw this live and in person and for this to be happening in a Zone 5 is AMAZING.
A jungle of it so thick you can't walk thru it.
PIC PLEASE!!!!! Show that off!

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:14 pm

Here you are!

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Here's a sport from the yellow groove,this has a lot smaller leaves,and it is so heavy with leaves it can't hold itself erect!

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Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:58 pm

That's a fine stand of bamboo Tropicman!

Here's some you might like ... it's Phyllostachys vivax (Chinese Timber Bamboo) and the newest culms are about 30' tall and are about to leaf out (center of the stand). This is likely to max out at about 45' - 50' in the coming years.

Cheers, Barrie.

Yes ... the beer was tasty!

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:08 pm

Hey Barrie,
Very Impressive!!!
When it snows,does the weight of the snow and Ice bring yours in a lying down to the ground position?
Is that also what they call the Moso Bamboo?

Kansas · Post by **Kansas** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:36 pm

Zone 5, UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:09 pm

Tropicman ... we do get the odd wet snow fall and it's wet cement, so yes, the perimeter culms do lay over during such episodes. Rain is enough in most situations to bend the culms downward temporarily. Not "Moso" bamboo - it's Chinese timber.

Kansas ... "Zone 5, UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
No ... I'm not in zone 5 if that's the meaning of your comment. I'm in zone 8 (for all that's worth)

I thought I'd pass through the garden and snap a few more bamboo pics from my garden which highlight the detail of the culms (canes).

Phyllostaychys bambusoides 'Castillon'

Phyllostachys nigra 'Bory'

Semiarundinaria fastuosa 'Viridis'

Phyllostachys nigra

Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis'

Phyllostachys aurea 'Holochrysa'

Phyllostachys nigra 'Megurochiku'

Yushania maculata

Phyllostachys aurea

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tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:53 pm

Barrie,
Wow great close ups,and I think I might try to get some black bamboo,If I can find a spot for it!!
BTW,was that your panda in pic 4?????

Gotta cha!

Kansas · Post by **Kansas** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:06 pm

Naw, Barrie, actually I was talking about Tropicman's. But MAN Barrie, yours is SOOOOOOOO beautiful. You really have outdone yourself.
Any chance of you digging some rhizomes up for me and I can pay postage. I'de love to try some in a large container in my greenhouse.

Alchris · Post by **Alchris** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:44 pm

Both of you have some super healthy and super sized bamboo.

Allen

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:55 pm

Stunning bamboo shots...Don and Barrie.

And there I was...going back up to pic 4 to look for a black and white bear (panda)
Duh!

Brain fart.
Barb

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:03 pm

Barb,it wasn't the black and white it was the RED Panda!!!!

BTW,is your confrey still growing and flowering??
Last year mine was done and gone by now,but this year it's huge still growing and flowering.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:21 pm

Don, I forget the name of mine but it wasn't comfrey.
Mine was pounded from the rain and burned out from the heat

Barb

tropicman · Post by **tropicman** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:06 pm

Wow! A double whammy huh!