best bamboo for large canes

Post Reply
chrismc

best bamboo for large canes

Post by chrismc »

Hi All,
anyone know whats the best Bamboo for large canes? Would they be OK in semi shade?
User avatar
karl66
Posts: 2646
Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:39 pm
Location: halesowen. west midlands

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by karl66 »

I would suggest phyostachy vivax . karl.
User avatar
Yorkshire Kris
Posts: 10163
Joined: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:59 am
Location: Rural South Wakefield, Yorkshire Lat 53.64 Long-1.54

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by Yorkshire Kris »

Vivax or vivax aureocaulis. Shanghai 3 "Should" get very big too.
jacko

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by jacko »

vivax, and you get results relatively quickly.
chrismc

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by chrismc »

next questions...anyone got any pics of theres and anyone fancy thinning their patch? icon_geek
jacko

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by jacko »

heres some recent pics,but ive got none spare sorry.
Attachments
phyllostachys vivax huangvenzhu
phyllostachys vivax huangvenzhu
DSCF8537.JPG
Kreos

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by Kreos »

Ph. parvifolia, atrovaginata and pracox 'Vioalscens' also have big culms
Kreos

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by Kreos »

pic.
Attachments
praecox.jpg
P.praecox.jpg
Kristen

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by Kristen »

Yorkshire Kris wrote:Shanghai 3 "Should" get very big too.
Mine was cut to the ground last Winter :(

Its sprouted back again, but the stems are pretty weedy ... :(
Kristen

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by Kristen »

I'm talking rubbish, that wasn't Shanghai 3, it was Himalayacalamus. Sorry.
User avatar
Yorkshire Kris
Posts: 10163
Joined: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:59 am
Location: Rural South Wakefield, Yorkshire Lat 53.64 Long-1.54

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by Yorkshire Kris »

Kristen wrote:I'm talking rubbish, that wasn't Shanghai 3, it was Himalayacalamus. Sorry.
You had me worried then!
User avatar
Yorkshire Kris
Posts: 10163
Joined: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:59 am
Location: Rural South Wakefield, Yorkshire Lat 53.64 Long-1.54

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by Yorkshire Kris »

Kreos are they your bamboos in the photo?
grub

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by grub »

Shanghai 3 is producing the thickest canes here but oddly it's shorter than any of the other vivax's, my huangwenzhu is next but is about two metres taller...
Kreos

Re: best bamboo for large canes

Post by Kreos »

Yorkshire Kris wrote:Kreos are they your bamboos in the photo?
No, that's 28 old grove 50 km from m house. I started to collect bamboo 4 years ago, so my boos are still small.
Post Reply