Carolina Gardening: Name that bamboo, 1 by keonikale

keonikale wrote:
We've also been making a "wish-list" of other bamboo we might add into this area. Any of you have any experience with any of these below? I know some of them are quite large, but I'm in the experimenting mood since I went with the extra thickness and height.

Phyllostachys vivax (Chinese Timber)
Phyllostachys nigra ("Black Bamboo")
Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' (Golden Crookstem bamboo)
Bambusa multiplex ('Alphonse Karr')
Phyllostachys iridescens

Wish we could grow Buddha Belly here, but I think it'd die in a cold snap. Still waiting for my clumpers, Bambusa multiplex (Willowy) and Thamnocalamus tessellatus to actually do much of anything. The Willowy at least seems to be growing pretty quick.

Another shot of today's finished work.