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Advice Please - Frost/Snow Damage To Bamboo

Hi,

I have (had)! a nice bushy four year old “Golden Bamboo” at the bottom
of my garden that has been badly hit by the winter frost and snow we
had here in the North West (UK).

Just about all the leaves have turned brown and dropped off leaving
brown and green canes.

Have I lost it, or is there anything I can do to save it ???

Thanks for any advice that can be offered.

Gary.

Advice Please - Frost/Snow Damage To Bamboo

On Feb 13, 2:32*am, Charlie Pridham
wrote:
In article e6e4011c-3fed-49c2-b007-
, says... Hi,

I have (had)! a nice bushy four year old ?Golden Bamboo? at the bottom
of my garden that has been badly hit by the winter frost and snow we
had here in the North West (UK).

Just about all the leaves have turned brown and dropped off leaving
brown and green canes.

Have I lost it, or is there anything I can do to save it ???

Thanks for any advice that can be offered.

Gary.

Nothing you can do at this stage, its not likely to be dead, Bamboo have
a lot of stored energy in the root system, when it starts to send up new
culms you can remove any of the older culms that have failed to grow new
leaves and are looking dead, but anything even half alive leave alone.
you will find these new shoots are unlikely to be fully ripe before
winter so bind the clump in fleece next winter to prevent a repeat which
may kill the allready weakoned plant
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Hi Charlie,

Many thanks for your speedy response and most helpful advice, much
appreciated.

I must admit I was a bit upset to see it looking in such a sad state,
I was relying on it this year to offer a good screening as well as a
barrier to force my bees to fly “UP” when I get them this May !

I will definitely cover it over next year.

Fingers crossed!

Regards.

Gary.

P.S. I also have one in a pot that could do with splitting, can I do
it now ?

THANK YOU.

Advice Please - Frost/Snow Damage To Bamboo

On Feb 13, 5:59*am, Charlie Pridham
wrote:
In article 4a8b36da-7f26-43d0-9cef-
,
says...

On Feb 13, 2:32*am, Charlie Pridham
wrote:
In article e6e4011c-3fed-49c2-b007-
, says... Hi,

I have (had)! a nice bushy four year old ?Golden Bamboo? at the bottom
of my garden that has been badly hit by the winter frost and snow we
had here in the North West (UK).

Just about all the leaves have turned brown and dropped off leaving
brown and green canes.

Have I lost it, or is there anything I can do to save it ???

Thanks for any advice that can be offered.

Gary.

Nothing you can do at this stage, its not likely to be dead, Bamboo have
a lot of stored energy in the root system, when it starts to send up new
culms you can remove any of the older culms that have failed to grow new
leaves and are looking dead, but anything even half alive leave alone..
you will find these new shoots are unlikely to be fully ripe before
winter so bind the clump in fleece next winter to prevent a repeat which
may kill the allready weakoned plant
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Hi Charlie,

Many thanks for your speedy response and most helpful advice, much
appreciated.

I must admit I was a bit upset to see it looking in such a sad state,
I was relying on it this year to offer a good screening as well as a
barrier to force my bees to fly ?UP? when I get them this May !

I will definitely cover it over next year.

Fingers crossed!

Regards.

Gary.

P.S. I also have one in a pot that could do with splitting, can I do
it now ?

If you know the actual species (Golden Bamboo is a bit vague as several
different Bamboos get called this!) someone may be able to give you some
idea about how likely it is to do it again, for example some species such
as Psudosasa japonica, the common evergreen one you see all over the
place down here showed damage for the first time ever this year, not
because it was very cold but the timing of the cold coming straight after
a very mild October November during which they had continued to grow,
while right next to them in my garden are some Phyllostachys vivax which
is completely un marked I certainly will not concider protecting the
Psudosasa as it is unlikely to happen again and I know it will recover if
it does
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea- Hide quoted text -

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Nope, dont know what species it is, but I will follow both your advice
and hope for the best.

Thank you both once again for all your help, this is such a friendly
site.

Kind Regards.

Gary.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gary (Post 912775)

P.S. I also have one in a pot that could do with splitting, can I do it now ?

It's best to do it in early autumn. But you can also do it in spring, after the worst of the winter. Though if you are going to keep it in a greenhouse, you could do it sooner.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlie Pridham[_2_] (Post 912780)

If you know the actual species (Golden Bamboo is a bit vague as several
different Bamboos get called this!) someone may be able to give you some
idea about how likely it is to do it again, for example some species such
as Psudosasa japonica, the common evergreen one you see all over the
place down here showed damage for the first time ever this year, not
because it was very cold but the timing of the cold coming straight after
a very mild October November during which they had continued to grow,
while right next to them in my garden are some Phyllostachys vivax which
is completely un marked I certainly will not concider protecting the
Psudosasa as it is unlikely to happen again and I know it will recover if
it does

"Golden Bamboo" is most likely to imply Phyllostachys aurea. In which case it is hardy to about -25C, and you are unlikely to have been quite that cold. Any late shoots that didn't ripen properly are likely damaged. In fact it is a good idea to cut any late shoots when they appear, since they just drain energy from the plant and rarely ripen sufficiently to survive the winter. The main issue with bamboo and heavy snow is actually mechanical damage, the weight of the snow breaking things. Your bamboo is likely to come back and be fine. Losing leaves is nothing unusual either.