Sunday, January 30, 2011
Bamboo in the Snow
We have bamboo growing in our backyard. It's not the invasive, spreading kind, but the clumping kind. Every once in a while, I get a new shoot somewhere it shouldn't be, but for the most part, it stays contained. I love the screen it provides all year. I love how it moves with the breeze, like it's doing a slow, swaying dance. I love how the snow clings to it in the winter and how the stalks gently bend over in the rain or under the weight of the snow.
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Well I for one did not know that Bamboo kept their leaves.I know little if anything about them. It looks so pretty with the snow on it.
ReplyDeleteI too did not know that fact on Bamboo. You learn something new everyday. Your photo is really pretty of the Bamboo dusted with snow.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that is big bamboo! I didn't know they had kinds that aren't invasive. Very cool!
ReplyDeleteAh see that? Learn something new every day.:)
ReplyDeletePam (Digging) and I were just talking about the bamboo she showed in a recent blog post...I believe its weeping Mexican bamboo and is a clumping form like yours (rather than being invasive). It captures the light so beautifully and I feel like I need one! It was expensive though when I went to find one ($80) so I might have to wait for a special occasion. Yours is beautiful covered in snow.
ReplyDeleteHi Kate,
ReplyDeleteI have had a very bad time battling knockweed which is looks bamboo, and is super invasive. It can take over a whole yard in a few years, if you let it. This terrible experience has made me hesitant about bamboo, which is a shame because it really is, as you demonstrate here, very beautiful. It is good to hear that there is bamboo that can be such a pretty, non-invasive addition to the garden.
Jennifer
The show garden in Wellington has two pretty bamboos - planted in pots. Yours is lovely, and so are hers, but I think I'll stay with admiring them from a distance. We already have a huge bed of invasive giant/Spanish reed - gives the same effect!
ReplyDeleteOne of our clumping bamboos was a gift from my mom. It was a large shoot from the clump I'd grown up with beside my treehouse. I waited until late one night to transport the "plant" home. The largest piece was longer than our station wagon and I looked like I was on the prowl to either joust or slay a dragon. I had to slowly drive back into the city, avoiding the freeway. Hanging out the passenger window, tied to the bumper of the car, that was a night I will never forget. Besides, it was worth it. The bamboo is very happy, and the long shoot survived and is even taller now.
ReplyDeleteYour bamboo looks really wonderful in that picture! When it's covered with too wet snow or ice ours tends to lie down.
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