Bamboo

No M, I need all I can get my hands on for myself now days

 

@martin-f How many bamboos have you bought! Big fan of bamboos then!? You've done well. Those shoots are so healthy. Mine shot up to 6 feet by very thin.

 

I think Martin was a big fan of a bargain, first and foremost, (true Yorkshireman )!

 

Hi alp I bought four, the roots was bulging the pots when I got them and around11ft tall
Bamboo

This is the most ive spent M , bamboo was £35 each the black ones should have been £40 but she only scanned the cheaper golden

Barrels was £10 £5 per plant + and bag of compost each plant £4, each plant stands me at £44x4=£176 that no bargain is it

 

Barrels - could have done it cheaper :rasp:

Compost: should have bought at 3-for-2 (or, even better, used compost from your composter )

Ok, a "Yorkshire man" in training

 

That's better M lol, 50 this year I don't think I will change now , I tend to be petty with money with things I could do with, then spend lots on things I don't need

 

Todays update, one of the black ones is showing sign of new growth


The other gold one has a few new shoots thiner than the one ive been following,


And the one ive been following is still going mad

 

They're coming on well Martin.

 

@martin-f Didn't know you replied. Yes, bamboos are always expensive. I split all mine and sometimes sell them on ebay so that I can get a bit money to buy compost and new plants. I really love my Fargesia Blue Fountain. My most expensive bamboo is £19.99 but it was very small. Delivery cost a bit,but I couldn't find it in garden centre of diy gc. It will be a good investment as they will give you a lot of pleasure.

 

Hi alp, I now really love bamboo. its become my favourite thing in the garden, its got so much going for it, it nice to hear its leaves blow in the wind. it acts as a screen, where mine are situated I can remove lower braches and still see up/down the garden while retaining nice polished canes and a screen where I want it, you can easy shape it,

You can grow things up them clematis/roses etc, once topped it wont grow any higher. and if you get fed up of it you can cut it down and use it around the garden,

I have a picture in my head a lovely red rose climbing up one and a few different coloured roses climbing up the others

 

@martin-f That's what I did and you know you have taken the words out of my mouth. I trimmed the lower leaves to make way for a canopy on the top to concentrate where the leaves flourish i.e on the top. and I already have a Jackmanii going up one clump of bamboo and a Paul Scarlett rose which I bought from pound shop. Now it has 6 flowers and loads of buds near the top of a bay, near another clump of bamboo. But I think the Paul Scarlett might be too heavy for my bamboo. Fargesia Blue Fountain, in my opinion, is far superior to Fargesia Jiangu??? which has a dull reddish colour whilst the Blue Fountain has polished shiny burnished red. I have watered mine near the front garden once every 2 days since last year and it has now thrown up nearly 10 new shoots.

Feed them with fertilisers for grass and clematis and especially water.

 

Hi alp thank you for the information great minds think alike ,

Would you be so kind to post a few pictures up please

This is my plan, its still work in progress


The arbour and right side as we look at the plan is more/less complete, my garden is now on two levels with a patio/decking on the lower level, the first picture I'm stood on the lower level as you can see with the bottom of the bamboo trimmed I still have a good view up/down the garden


Looking down the garden



I need to do the same to this side, hopefully next week I will get this part finished

 

Wow! Some engineer in here! Haha! Great minds might think alike, but I can't even build a raised seed bed! Lovely work and I love the subtle pastely blue.. My plants are still very small. I will try to upload some.

 

Thank you for your kind words alp, will look forward to your pictures, todays update the other black one now has new shoots, this ones still on a mission over 2ft now

 

I will show you some of mine tomorrow.