[quote=Mr Whippy]Hi - I'm In Preston, Lancashire and it looks as though my black bamboo is starting to flower as well - http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...oo/bamboo3.jpg
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I have posted on the bamboo forum and it seems that it isn't P. Nigra - it is probably fargesia murielle (sp?)

See this post - http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showth...149#post632149