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Mon, Jul 27, 09 at 16:33
| I was in a Home Depot store last week going through the garden area when some potted bamboo caught my eye. They were in 5 gal. pots and looked very healthy . The sticker on the pots said it was "golden Bamboo". the hanging tag said "phyllostachys Aurea" and said it was a "Clumping" Bamboo. I thought that was a little strange.On closer examination I realized it wasn't even Phy. aurea "golden". It was actually Phy. aureosulcata "spectabilis". When I pointed this out to the clerk, she just shrugged and said that's how it came. Now I would rather have Spectabilis over Golden any day, but I also like to know for sure what something is before I sell it |
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- Posted by ivillage_rex (irex.fx_3den@yahoo.com) on Thu, Jul 30, 09 at 6:30
| At Home Depot, I had to go through about 14 pots of P. aureosulcata bamboo labeled "Phyllostachys nigra" before I found a real P. nigra! Well, at least the price at $30.00 was good. |
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