Sunday, September 30, 2012
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.
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Very pretty. How did you come by this species?
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