A MORE "EXOTIC" BAMBOO IN MY GARDEN

If you know where to look, & how to look, the average person may be surprised to find how much bamboo is growing along the roads in America.  Of course, much of the "domestic" bamboo is a smaller, nondescript variety.  Most people who are aware of the plants, also just refer to it as "cain".

Many visitors to my  home have noted the large "cain" I am growing.  Sometime. I correct them.  Sometimes not.

Growing more than a dozen different varieties of bamboo, most of my bamboo plants would never be confused with the common "cain".  My plants are taller, larger & more colorful.  I am a "collector" of bamboo.

Several of my bamboo species would be considered "rare" &/or "exotic".  One of my bamboo plantings is Phyllostachys Bambusoides 'Tanakae". [As I always try to point out, very few rare bamboo species have "common names".  Such is the case with this bamboo.]

 This bamboo is noted for it's nice lime green color, flecked with blotches of a dark purple color.

 No two "culms" -- the name used for the above ground portion of the plant -- have the same pattern.  Some culms may be heavily patterned ... some not.

 My 'Tanakae' has been in the ground about four years now & is starting to form it's own grove of this species.

This is a RARE species of bamboo -- which means EXPENSIVE -- but, is a colorful addition to my bamboo garden.