Boo-Shoots for 2015

[ShmuBamboo]

Dunno about that. There is always a lot of fog on the Oregon coast. It creeps in as far as my place on the west slopes of the Cascades. Fog or no fog, it is a LOT warmer on the OR coast than NS, or here. You can grow pretty much any kind of bamboo there. Moso love growing on the OR (and CA) coast.

[wind-borne]

Johnw

I neglected to explain my experience around those purchases. The 'Green Screen' had culms that were a faded yellow/old grayish sheaths, healthy looking but no recent growth. The Scabrida was vibrant with dark blue and olive green culms/orange to tan sheaths. The leaves were similar so I thought they would complement each other. After shooting began the distinctions blurred. The so-called "Green Screen" was in deep shade at the nursery and the Scabridas had just been brought in from the growers house after I inquired a couple weeks earlier after I had seen his display plant.
Anyway, last summer I took a couple shots of similar portions of the two plants.

if you are not seeing similar color splashs occasionally from your Scabrida, you are deprived

[johnw]

I sent the pix off to Steffen and he writes back:
"For me this looks definitely not like robusta. The culms resemble Scabrida, only the shoots do not look typical. If I need to decide, I would say it's Scabrida."

Doubt anyone would bet the house on it being Scabrida for sure but the most likely choice at present.

[wind-borne]

Doubt anyone would bet the house on it being Scabrida for sure but the most likely choice at present.

to lighten the mood,
a couple shoots of that plant struggling for recognition last summer

[philippe smets]

Phyllostachys praecox " Yellow Fire"

http://imageshack.com/a/img633/4966/1vondi.jpg

[I_am_Ian]

Oddly enough my most active shooter is a rather tropical Bambusa Dolichomerithalla Silverstripe, with 7 new shoots emerging.

I wasn't expecting a tropical clumper to shoot so early in the year. The identical one next to it isn't doing anything though.

[T9D]

Prominens - This shoot was left over from fall, but it started growing again, the top inch is new growth.


My Rufa snuck up on me, looks like it started shooting when I wasn't looking.

[mountainbamboonut]

My baby decora (in ground for a month I think?) planting deciding to go from 3 culms to 7 culms. Also, one of my yellow groove plantings putting up some skinny shoots.

[mountainbamboonut]

2nd spring for my golden vivax, she is testing the waters with a good sized shoot on the first one out. Big upsize!

[Cooper12]

2nd spring for my golden vivax, she is testing the waters with a good sized shoot on the first one out. Big upsize!

wow i need to go look at my stuff. hadn't noticed any action yet as of last weekend.

[grabhorn]

It's on...

Fargesia robusta 'Campbell'

Bashania fargesii

Spectabilis

[johnw]

Great to see the Bashania. How long has it been in the ground?

[grabhorn]

Only since last fall! Many thanks to JWH for the division.

[JWH]

B'Fargesii is going wild here. It was a 10ft wide patch last year...probably closer to 20-25ft wide now with all the new shoots that are popping up everywhere.

[Van-isle-bamboo]

Moso is on the go here on Vancouver island. Poor quality pic though sorry