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"Bob Hardy" wrote in message
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What temperate bamboos look best in winter, and maintain their foliage?
I'm
particularly interested in what makes the best winter-time screen.
We're
talking winter so I'm looking for responses from zones 5, 6 and 7.
Thanks
for any info.

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Bob

Here in Z6 CT a screen of P.bissetti, P. decora , and P. aureosulcata
does well all winter. The leaves will winterburn if you have
prolonged dry cold winds.
Mixing a few species keeps you from losing the screen should one
flower.

Thanks. Do the forms blend well? Decora seems more upright to me that the
other two. Maybe if I saw them together, they would be nearly
indistinguishable.

Flowering affects different bamboos differently. The result ranges from
complete death of the plant to no effect at all on the plant. I don't know
about the others, but you don't need to worry about P aureosulcata. It
flowers fairly frequently with no adverse effect.

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Bob