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Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 18:11
These are 2, I forgot to photograph the other one. I got these last spring from Stev e Lau They are small but doing good Thanks Steve! |
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| What species? |
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- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 21:58
| Are those bananas in the background? Zone 6? Kt |
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- Posted by stevelau1911 6a (My Page) on Tue, Oct 30, 12 at 19:32
| Looks like it could be fargesia rufa. |
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- Posted by butterfly4u 8 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 30, 12 at 21:55
| KT, yes they are Musa Basjoo. Hardy to zone 6 when mulched good. |
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| They are Fargesia Rufa, I have 1 other Fargesia that I forgot to photo, it's slightly taller than these 2. That is Musa Basjoo. I tried it for the first time this past season. There is also a Eleph. ear plant to the right of the Banana. There are 3 palms that are supposed to be hardy here with protection, but they are very small. |
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- Posted by miketropic none (My Page) on Thu, Nov 8, 12 at 16:20
| what type of palms are they? |
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| Miketropic, the palms are needlepalm and 2 others that I forget the name of. They are those of the few that are zone 6-7 hardy. I left the tags on I believe. It looks as though they are going to shed thier leaves or whatever they are called and replace with new leaves. I will look for tags tommorrow when it is daylight. I bought 2 of them in North Carolina at a WAL_MART and one mail order, can't remember what nursery. |
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- Posted by miketropic none (My Page) on Wed, Nov 21, 12 at 5:15
| the needle palm should be alright mine is wrapped up in its winter hut right now. as long as the others got established there are 5 or 6 that are zone 6 hardy with some protection. |
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- Posted by stevelau1911 6a (My Page) on Wed, Nov 21, 12 at 17:39
| For all my palms, I simply stick a filled leaf bag over it, and they are protected for the whole winter. |
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| Just wanted to add that I have added Fargesia Robusta " Woolong". I took the chance because we are haveing zone 7 winters as far as the minumum temps go. I got them cheap because they are tiny divisions. |
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| Sorry I never replied about the palms, I forgot all about it. One was Saw Palmetto, Needle palm and the other may have been another Needle palm. I've recently got Fargesia Robusta Campbells form. I know nobody was really holding their breath for my reply. I saw the post tonight so I'm adding to it, yes things are boring in Pa tonight :) |
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| You must be patient with Fargesia Rufa it takes a long time to mature. Here is mine after 5 years. And this past year it's still only about 4 to 5 ft tall but I love the look of it. check out the link it may help you. |
Here is a link that might be useful: My Bamboo Grove Info
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| Gardener1, Thanks for the pic and info. I don't mind slow bamboo. I have Phylostachys Nigra on order. I will be glad for my Fargesias being slow to spread. I also have Fargesia Robusta " Campbells form" on order. I am searching for some sort of "Encloseure" for the Black bamboo. I have an area that may be okay. I will have to remove the plants already growiing there though. It is surrounded by swampy ground. I think it may be the best place to avoid spreading past the swampy area. |
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| I just thought of another variety of hardy palm in the background in my picture was Sabal Causiarum, I hope I spelled it right. |
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| Here's some bamboo salt and pepper shakers I made from Guadua Angustafolia less thorny. |
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- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 20:30
| How do you fill them? |
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- Posted by MsMorningSong 9 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 19, 13 at 8:17
| Those are beautiful! Yes, how do you fill them? How'd you do it? |
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| Thank you. To fill them, you drill a large hole in the bottom and cork it with a smaller bamboo piece. I drilled the hole a little smaller that the bamboo cork, so it fit and shaped real snug. I'm going to start this week making them from Wamin. I'm going to leave them untreated or look for a food grade sealer. I have so much bamboo that I probably won't get around to finishing them on the outside. If they split, i'll just make new ones. On a different subject related to Wamin; I just started air layering branches of Wamin that are thick and have that classic Wamin v-shaped sub branch formation. The best way to propagate Wamin by far. Have you guys tried this? |
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| I just bought another Musa Basjoo from Lowes. I am waiting on my Elephant ears to show themselves this spring. My bamboos are doing great, those from SteveLau and my other Ebay orders. My black Bamboo has croaked because I bought it when winter was still pretty bad. I should have heeled it in the ground. I let it die, it's my fault, so I can't blame anyone but me. Stupid as it sounds I was afraid to plant it in the ground. I will not buy another runner until I am prepared for it's area to be in. I will be planting more clumpers, I have all my clumpers still alive. I have a bare area for clumpers. |
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| I (after reading my last post) am adding that my last order of Fargesia bamboo was purchased from EBAY not Lowes. The kind I've ordered is an upright type. |
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| I err, got Musa Basjoo mixed up with Bamboo, sorry. I got a banana plant Musa Basjoo at Lowes. I'm sure nobody cares, but I am correcting my mess up. Only because someone may want one and they can get them at Lowes now. |
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| I err, got Musa Basjoo mixed up with Bamboo, sorry. I got a banana plant Musa Basjoo at Lowes. I'm sure nobody cares, but I am correcting my mess up. Only because someone may want one and they can get them at Lowes now. |
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