Wed 23 May 2007
…bamboo. Phyllostachys aureosulcata to be precise - a picture of the the new growth - I’m trying to get a grove established in the side yard. Once it’s really going it’ll shade the house from afternoon sun, block headlights as they come around a corner up the road a bit, and act as a windbreak in the winter. Very useful - even before I start harvesting shoots and messing around with the wood.
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Is this the non-speading kind? Is that a myth?
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:23 pm
No, this is a runner. I control what direction it grows in by harvesting shoots, transplanting and mowing around it. I want a pretty big grove, and it’s right at the northern edge of it’s hardiness zone so I don’t have the problems folks just a little to the south do w/ invasiveness. There are clumping bamboos - they can be gorgeous - can also be a little more expensive. I got my plant from these folks - there’s a lot of info on their site.
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:33 pm
…also - the baseball cards are killer!
May 24th, 2007 at 10:27 am
I’ll probably just grab some from across the street - there’s a forest of it there. I met a guy who sank corrugated fiberglass panels to control growth, but with sketchy results……..
Glad you liked the cards. I may do more.