It's Not Work, It's Gardening!: bamboo shoots

Showing posts with label bamboo shoots. Show all posts

Showing posts with label bamboo shoots. Show all posts

More bamboo shoots

>> Thursday, April 20, 2017 – bamboo shoots

After fighting with the driveway bamboo while building the support to help keep it upright, it's time for some bamboo love...

...and there's nothing I love more in the garden than bamboo shooting season! I've got four different Phyllostachys species shown here, all shooting at the same time. From bottom to top it's Ph. nigra, Ph. aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis', Ph. propinqua 'Beijing', and Ph. bissetii.

Shoot

>> Tuesday, April 11, 2017 – bamboo shoots

Why do the best bamboo shoots...

...always come up where they shouldn't?

Midweek Miscellany

>> Wednesday, September 21, 2016 – bamboo shoots, castor bean, cats, deer, foliage

Time again for collected snippets. It's not Autumn now, it's not! At least the weather agrees with me on that, as it will be 90ºF (32ºC) again today, and for the next few days. Humid too -- where's my dry September that I love so much?

Speaking of love, the deer are so comfortable in my garden, they must love it. I have mixed feelings about that as they walk around like they own the place.

Late bamboo shoots

>> Thursday, June 23, 2016 – bamboo, bamboo shoots

My latest-shooting bamboo is Shibatea kumasaca (also its close relative, the almost identical Shibatea chinensis).

Gets going mid-June, a full 8-10 weeks after the first species start shooting. Like most of my other bamboos it's really putting on a growth spurt this year after a mild winter.

Taller

>> Friday, May 27, 2016 – bamboo, bamboo shoots

When all goes well, bamboo gets taller each year. In my climate (St. Louis) it's winter that is usually the deciding factor on what "went well" (although summer rainfall is a factor too).

Last winter was so mild the bamboo are all upsizing this year. The Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis' next to the driveway looks like it will add a couple of feet in height.

Looking good

>> Tuesday, May 3, 2016 – bamboo, bamboo shoots, blooms, clematis, foliage

No time for more than a quick look at a few views of my garden that are looking good despite my lack of effort this spring.

Starting with this little vignette from the walkway garden. That ribbon grass (Phalaris arundinacea I think) was a good addition to the pot this year, don't you agree?

Don't forget...

>> Friday, April 29, 2016 – allium, bamboo shoots, clematis

I've told you so many times, you have to rhizome prune every year!

When you don't, you get "problems".

It gets exciting

>> Thursday, May 14, 2015 – bamboo, bamboo shoots, foliage, vines

Spring in the garden is a busy time for most gardeners. If you're like me there is planting, weeding, mulching, raking, bamboo rhizome pruning -- okay, maybe not that last one. There's a load of work to do though.

At some point in the spring a change occurs, and things go from "there's so much to do!" to "wow, the garden in spring is so exciting!". The work* is still there, but you've gotten enough of it done that you can start enjoying what's going on around you. At least that's how I feel, and I think I've just passed that point. There's time to enjoy a peony bloom for instance.

Yes, it's Spring

>> Wednesday, May 6, 2015 – bamboo shoots, blooms, foliage, Irises

Just a look around the garden today, at the blooms and foliage that spring brings to my yard.

As busy as I am getting things back into shape, if you don't stop to appreciate what's there, what's the point?

The two sides of spring for bamboo growers

>> Wednesday, April 22, 2015 – bamboo, bamboo shoots, cartoon

Spring is a very exciting (and conflicted) time for those of us who grow bamboo in small gardens.

When the shoots start pushing through the soil in spring, you just never know what to expect!

Bamboo shoots

>> Wednesday, May 7, 2014 – bamboo shoots

The bamboo seems to be putting most of its energy into replacing the leaves that were killed by this past harsh winter, so there are fewer shoots this year.

Still though, the ones that are emerging are as beautiful and as captivating as always! That's Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima' above, and it was top killed. Its smallish shoots are some of the most beautiful though! Let's take a look at the rest...

Maintenance: bamboo control

>> Saturday, May 25, 2013 – bamboo rhizomes, bamboo shoots

On this blog I like to mix "pretty" posts with useful ones, sometimes even getting a post that is both. Unfortunately, today's isn't so pretty. If you grow bamboo though (or are thinking about growing it), it should be useful.

It's somewhat of a tale of neglect and how to deal with the consequences, as I've had a bamboo escape due to my own inactions.

Bamboo shoots

>> Saturday, May 18, 2013 – bamboo shoots

Just a look at some of the bamboo shoots and fresh new culms. This is Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis', but you knew that already.

I didn't get photos of every species, so maybe I'll have a follow-up post soon.

Spectabilis bamboo

>> Wednesday, May 15, 2013 – bamboo, bamboo shoots

Most of the bamboos are shooting now, and I've certainly posted photos of the beautiful shoots in the past. Today though, just a quick look at a single species, and how well it's doing for me.

It's Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis', and it definitely is spectacular!

Taller!

>> Saturday, April 28, 2012 – bamboo, bamboo shoots

What makes bamboo such a fun plant to grow is the expectation: how many shoots will you get this year? how fat will they be? where will they come up?

After the shoots emerge and start growing these questions have been answered, leaving just one more: how tall will they get this year?

Looking at bamboo

>> Thursday, April 19, 2012 – bamboo, bamboo shoots

Very few words again today.

Just another look at the springtime bamboo in my garden.

Bamboo shoots

>> Wednesday, April 11, 2012 – bamboo shoots, macro

Spring is an exciting time for all gardeners, but for those of us who grow temperate bamboos it's extra special, as it's when most of the species send out their new growth: it's bamboo shooting season!

Besides the anticipation of seeing the first shoots poke through the ground, wondering what size the new culms will be and how tall they will get, and where exactly they'll emerge, many species of bamboo have shoots that are just beautiful.

Shoots of color

>> Saturday, March 31, 2012 – bamboo shoots

Although I grow a lot of bamboo by most gardeners' standards, I grow a lot less than some bamboo collectors who have 100, 150, even 200 or more different species and varieties. Still, I have enough different types that I can appreciate the allure of shooting season.

Bamboo shoots of one species are exciting and can be lovely alone, but only when you get a few different species shooting at once can you really see the comparative beauty.

Bamboo remnants cause trouble

>> Friday, March 30, 2012 – bamboo rhizomes, bamboo shoots

Spring is bamboo shooting season for most temperate bamboos, which means I'm checking my plants for new shoots every day, looking for the first signs of pointy pokings through the soil. I've been watching this one plant in particular, as it was one that I planted 18 months ago but didn't produce a single shoot last year.

It produced some tiny culms later in the year, resulting in some bushy greenery near the ground in a couple of places. At the time I thought this was strange, and was worried that voles or shrews were nibbling the rhizomes, causing the plant to put up tiny survival shoots.

More spring surprises

>> Friday, March 23, 2012 – aphids, bamboo shoots, cardoon, seedlings, vines

The volunteer tree that bloomed for the first time this year was the surprise in yesterday's post -- today I bring you several more.

Starting with what has to be a holly seedling growing in one of my pots, right? I had a small potted holly for a few years until the deer ate most of it, but it never produced berries so this must have been "planted" by a bird. Based on how slowly hollies grow, it will be a tabletop plant for a few years at least.

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