bamboos in the snow pictures

[jacko]

these are some shots i have just taken with our first snowfall this year today.i think bamboos look great with snow on them.but i have to shake it off because it gets to heavy and they flop all over the place (cant get up the garden path sometimes).so these shots are just before i shake the snow off.

[Adam D]

I agree that they do look pretty with a light dusting on them, but heavy, wet snow is a pain.

How much snow did you receive in the end?

[Nick]

to much and they collapse and go flat under the weight of it if you don't have real thick cains that don't bend, unlike mine even with dew can bring them down, but your photo's do look lovely there.thanks for sharing them with us.

[Las Palmas Norte]

they collapse and go flat under the weight

... or break! I usually have one or more snap under a wet snow load as was the case a few days back.

Cheers, Barrie.

[Tom2006]

nice pics!

Spent many times last winter dashing out to shack the bamboo clear

[Nick]

Tom, I found, once they were down, they never seemed to go back up and look as good again,until new growth made it look better, I suppose the new growth feels any holes where it don't return to properly

[jacko]

same as you tom i was out this morning shaking snow off.postman had fun getting up the path this morning most of mine can bend right over with no problem.its the vivax that i worry about the most as its thin walled culms can snap with too much snow weight and at 20ft i would hate that.had about an inch and a half of snow alltogether adam (so far).

[Adam D]

It snowed here last night as well Jacko.

Ended up with about 2 inches in the end.

[Las Palmas Norte]

Ended up with about 2 inches in the end.

Oooh ... you may want to rephrase that.

ah right ... more to the topic, breakage from snow load on P. vivax which has thinner culm walls than P. bambusoides. Dispite this, only one culm has snapped after the last snow.
Hard to see clearly but the downward pointed culm snapped about 12' above ground.

Cheers, Barrie.

[jacko]

yes thats exactly what i dont want to happen,barrie.

[mixiepalms]

i hate snow, none so far but due over night. i am working tonight grrrrrrrrrr, so much for global warming, my kitchen is full to the brim with plants, gina is well peed off. im letting my Phoenix canariensis_CIDP s die. they have to go as do my basjoo. trachies trachies butias and nought else for me from now on lol.

[Nick]

Maxi how old are your palms, why is your trackys in doors unless they are baby seedlings KEEP THE FAITH, We've all been there before.

[jezza]

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[Simba]

Something about seeing snow covered Bamboo always reminds me of the 70's TV show Kung Fu, and the episode where he gets his graduation tattoos....

Tell you what though, any big losses in my garden this winter will be replaced with more hardy bamboo specimens.

I have a list..........

[Tom2006]

Nice pics!! Lost count of how many times I have removed snow from my Nigra!!!!