Fargesia nitida is one of my favorite plants period. A beautiful "clumping" form that will behave nicely. It does appreciate some afternoon shade. I sell some at my shop and have a small border of it in my yard.
On Jan 4, 2:14 pm, Bart Bouricius <[email protected]> wrote: > though bamboo is indeed fast growing, some of this is deceptive as, like > wire grass, the early stage of long leaf pine, there is a long period of > establishing root systems before the ultra fast growth can occur. > > There is a saying about newly planted bamboo: > > The first year it sleeps > The second year it creeps > The third year it leaps > > For the first 15 years or so everything in your grove is one plant. All the > above ground culms are connected by the underground rhizomes. When you plant > a single plant, it starts putting out new rhizomes. The root mass will > usually double in size each year. As the root mass increases, the energy > available for the plant increases and the size of the new culms will > increase in diameter and height in direct proportion to this energy. > > Where does the energy come from, you ask. This is where leaf mass comes in. > The leaves on your new plant transpire water that the roots provide and in > return the leaves convert sunlight into food and send it to the rhizomes to > use for producing more rhizomes and to store for use for the next year's new > shoots. This process will continue until the grove flowers and dies. > Critical root mass is when your grove produces the maximum size culms it is > going to produce based on local growing conditions. For most varieties this > will occur somewhere between 7 and 15 years (up to 30 years for some > seedling varieties) and after that the grove will continue to produce the > maximum size culms it is able to produce in that particular location. > > The above was taken from a website of a seller of > bamboo:www.midatlanticbamboo.com I would normally try to avoid a commercial > refrence, however this is a pretty good description of the process. I > suspect that the references in the previous e-mail eventually got around to > this, but this makes it cheap and dirty and quick. > > Bart Bouricius > Amherst, MA > > > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 11:59 PM, Edward Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > > James, ENTS, > > > James, In an older post mentioned in a recent link > >http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/20090104-n... > > you ask: > > > There is a bamboo ( Cane ) patch on the VA property. Has anyone in ENTS > > ever measured how tall bamboo can get? Also, check out that strange sequoia > > that I photographed! > > > I am curious about that also. They are big and tree-like even though they > > are not technically trees. This is what Wikipedia has to say on their > > height. > > > Bamboo > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo are a group of perennial evergreen > > (except for certain temperate species) plants in the true grass family > > Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the > > largest members of the grass family.There are more than 70 genera divided > > into about 1,000 species. Many prehistoric bamboos exceeded heights of 75 > > metres (250 ft). Primarily growing in regions of warmer climates during the > > Cretaceous period, vast fields existed in what is now Asia. Bamboos are the > > the largest grasses, sometimes reaching 100 ft (30 m). > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_species Bamboo listen is a group of > > woody perennial grasses in the true grass family Poaceae, which is a large > > family with over 10,000 species. In the tribe Bambuseae also known as > > Bamboo, there are 91 genera and over 1,000 species. The size of bamboo > > varies from small annuals to giant timber bamboo. Bamboo was only added to > > the world in between 30 and 40 million years ago, after the demise of the > > dinosaurs. Bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant in the world. They can > > grow up to 3–4 feet/day (1.5-2.0 inches/hr) > > > Bamboo Forestshttp://www.bambooandtikis.com/bamboo-forest Because of > > their relatively expedient growth, bamboo forests are of the easiest types > > of forest for man to reproduce. The largest bamboo tree in existence, in > > fact, can be found in the bamboo forest institute at the Yunnan Normal > > University, called the Menghai forest. The Menghai forest is an artificially > > built forest, and it is home to the largest bamboo tree specimen in the > > world. The director of the bamboo institute reports that the plant measures > > *46 meters in height, with 36 centimeters and an estimated weight of 450 > > kg.* This giant bamboo plant, as confirmed by farmers who live and work in > > or near the forest, grew to its full potential during a single year. > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/19915...@n00/149189348/ Bamboo Forest > > Sagano, Kyoto, Japan > > > Bamboo-Dominated Forests of the Amazon > >http://www.yale.edu/ceo/Projects/Students/bamboo_forests.html > > > Canebrakes: Missouri's Bamboo Forests > >http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2002/10/30.htm > > > Edward Frank > > >http://nature-web-network.blogspot.com/ > >http://primalforests.ning.com/ > >http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=709156957 > > > -- > > Eastern Native Tree Societyhttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > > Send email to [email protected] > > Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > > To unsubscribe send email to > > [email protected]<entstrees%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
