Best hardy evergreen bamboo

[sam140]

What are the most colourful bamboos for dryish conditions.

I have found some difficult to grow here? ie P. nigra and vivax are struggling

P. Japonica & P. Aurea cope well in my garden though!

[huporhaha]

I don't want to plug any one supplier but I have nothing but praise for:
http://www.scottishbamboo.com/

Their plants are healthy - I have just ordered:
http://www.scottishbamboo.com/Phyllosta ... caulis.htm

and
http://www.scottishbamboo.com/Phyllosta ... enzhu'.htm

My biggest success is sasa palmata nebulosa from seed. It doesn't grow too tall but has fantastic big leaves and looks great under trees.

[Tom2006]

Plug away, the good places need mentioning! What are the pot sizes on those please and is the postage reasonable?

[huporhaha]

Plug away, the good places need mentioning! What are the pot sizes on those please and is the postage reasonable?

3 litre about £26
5 litre about £32

but good healthy plants from a cold part of Scotland.

They know their stuff and can advise on what is good for a certain situation

They sell on ebay too but I usually deal direct. I like them because they don't whack on a big surcharge for delivery to the Highlands. I often get caught out when it says something like "free mainland delivery" - well I do live in mainland UK but for some reason a lot of firms think the northern half of Scotland is another planet!


Delivery from them is.................

Order total Delivery Charge

Up to £10 £2.95
£10.01 - £50 £9.95
£50.01 - £100 £12.95
£100.01 - £150 £14.95
£150.01 - £200 £19.95
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[Tom2006]

What are the most colourful bamboos for dryish conditions.

I have found some difficult to grow here? ie P. nigra and vivax are struggling

P. Japonica & P. Aurea cope well in my garden though!

Are they potted? Not sure why they would struggle. My nigra is in the ground and has literally laughed at the winter just gone, in fact I swear it almost looks better for it!

Thanks for the info Huporhaha, decent sized pots. Sounds like you get what you pay for. Make take the plunge and place an order.

[sam140]

No they are in the ground and I bought them as healthy 6ft plants. We are very dry but they were planted with a good rich garden compost a couple of years ago Tom.

[Tom2006]

very strange then, unless like you suspect the dry has got to them. UNLESS I have just been lucky with mine? Didn't you guys get it close to double minus this winter?

[Tom2006]

Crocus do a 5 litre pot of Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. spectabilis delivered, is this a decent price?

[Lazlo Woodbine]

Is it planted straight in the ground or in its pot ?

In the ground Cod ...

I've 3 other decent potted divisions now plus 3 in the ground - but all smaller than the one in the pic.


Laz

[Simba]

Have you browsed through the Jungle Giants catalogue Tom...?
http://www.junglegiants.co.uk/acatalog/sitemap.html

[Tom2006]

No but will have a good look...thanks

[jonny]

Most Bamboo need plenty of moisture in the growing season Sam although there are a few which tolerate dryer sites. Yushania maculata is a good one, it does take up room but has the advantage of having a deep rhizome system. Fargesia robusta as i have mentioned is another as is Thamnocalamus tessellatus which is actually from south africa originally and very wind and drought tollerant.

[jacko]

isnt there any way you can get more water to them?whats the soil like has it got plenty of organic material in it?do you mulch them?this can help with moisture retention.

[leedstiger]

Hey Tom,
Have you tried visiting the 'Bamboo Glade' in Keyingham?
Plenty of choice there and you can see how mature specimins have performed in the ground over winter!

[musa_monkey]

WOW...thanks guys. It has to been -14C and long term cold hardy after this last winter. I am loving the look of Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis think this could be the one for me!

Is this it? http://www.jparkers.co.uk/plant-0001429 ... ow-bamboo/

I have a couple of these and neither come through winter very well, (-12c here) they survived but look tatty. same applies to Phyllostachys nigra

Fargesia Scabrida, Pseudosasa japonica and Phyllostachys bissetii all came through untouched.