Bamboo

I treat the leaves that are shed as a mulch and just leave them. I thin mine every year and am just waiting to see if the one that flowered last year sends up any decent shoots this spring. I cut all the dead canes out the other week and then fed it with some blood fish and bone and mulched with garden compost, it's now looking very sparse.

 

Yes ive done the same with the leaves and left them as mulch,

I have a vision in mind how i want them until they grow more i don't want to do anything with them.

Shame it flowered i did read they can die after but some will throw up new shoots crossed for you

Thanks i will give them a small feed then .

 

Look at the tallest one here M it has one leaf.

 

Thank you @martin-f I won't give up all hope for it then

 

No don't give up on it M please let me know,

It seems strange to be sad when i plant flowers Lets hope @NigelJ plant throws some new shoots up, if hes like me its a plant you get attached to.

 

Picture taken today.

 

Ooh I'd love some tall bamboo to put in pots by my back door. Do you know what type they are Martin? I have one..f.muriel (sp) I think it is.. but it has grown about 5 inches since I had it :(

 

I only have one bamboo a dwarf one Bamboo Rufa. Keeps it's leaves all the time and looks good all through winter then fresh leaves grow . I have it by my pebble pool only grows three feet tall.
As usual don't seem to have a decent photo of it - Google image below.

 

Yes its



This grows like mad look back on this thread it grew about 6/7ft in about two weeks.

It looks nice that Harry.

 

Not able to see the pics

Maybe my bamboo was mislabelled as its very small similar to that pic Harry.

I'd like some of the black stemmed stuff too.

 

Hi Linz, i bought mine from Homebase sorry about pictures information here
Bamboo

 

I bought two black and two gold, this is one of the black ones, a passion flowers starting to scramble on it.

 

Ah thanks I had a feeling it was there or bnq I don't go to Homebase often. It'll look lovely once the passion flowers is blooming.

 

Homebase always have stock when ive called in Linz, i got the black ones for the same price as gold she only scanned one gold one and presumed they all was the same price, i bought the 18ltr pots,

Bamboo - outdoor plants, trees & supports

Yes it should look nice when the passion flower is blooming but the dam thing is growing like mad i will have to keep an eye out for it smothering the bamboo.