Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Do you love bamboo?, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Oh my, I remember seeing Ling Ling in DC 20 years ago! But not bamboo! Shucks.

I would love to see pictures of your bamboo, Hikaro_Takayama. Sounds like you have a great piece of land. I live on a small little plot of hardly any room so I truly love seeing all the land you guys have in other parts of the country.

I have been tryng to ID these for several months and I finally got a nursery to help me. The nice folks at Bamboo Sourcery in Sebastopol, CA
( http://www.bamboosourcery.com/ ) IDed them as "the green is Phyllostachys vivax (PHVX) and the black is Phyllostachys nigra 'Daikokuchiku' "Giant Black:".

Today when I was going over all my photos from my 2 visits there I noticed a plaque at one end of the bambo stand in one photo. I sure wish I had noticed it when I was there, but my eyes only saw the bamboo, LOL. I bet it has all sorts of interesting info on it. I can't wait now to go back to read it.

This message was edited Sep 30, 2006 5:03 PM