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Originally Posted by Martin Brown
A great many species of bamboo - although comparatively few will grow
well in the UK. All of mine died last winter when the sudden onset of
snow and frost occurred before they went dormant. Being an optimist I
haven't dug them out yet but there is no sign of life at all  [color=blue][i]
I am surprised at your reference to "the main root", as a taproot is
not normally something that any grass has. |
I guess there are perhaps only a 100 or so species you can grow here, but that is a small proportion of the bamboos in the world... Although there is only a handful of species commonly sold here unless you go to the real specialists.
I guess by "the main root" he just meant "a really thick bit of rhizome I found".
I'm surprised you lost your bamboos, Martin, I've not heard of many people losing bamboos, with the exception of a few connoisseur species known to be borderline. Most of the species grown here, Fargesias, Phyllostachyses Pseudosasa, are very hardy. Even my rather less hardy Thamnocalamus didn't mind last winter, though it got its tips a bit burned. Or maybe you are somewhere normally very mild that had a very sudden transition from mild to very cold last December.