"Gallagher" wrote in message ...
My hardy bamboo is still brown and frowsy looking. In a Zone 5/6 is this
unusual? The canes still look green, but the leaves are toast.

Thanks!

Winterburn
We had a period of severe cold coupled with dessicating winds. Many of
the bamboos had near total leaf burn. When the new culms come up and
leaf out the old ones should releaf unless the cold was so severe as
to kill the leaf buds or even the side branches.
What kind are you growing?