I haven't seen a Rufa yet, I'll have to look up some pictures.
My Japonica is about eight feet tall and I'm hoping it not going to
bloom; I'm taking starts from it this year. I've read in a few places
that Japonics can bloom and continue to thrive...I hope this is the
case!
Is your Florida plant yellow with green stripes or green with yellow
stripes? I've a Spectabilis(yellow with green stripes) that is about
twenty feet tall...it also has random bends in about one-third of the
new culms.
g.
On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:14:18 -0600, DG <xxx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>gnarl wrote:
>>
>>Hi Jim!
>>
>>I found this NG over the weekend and read a lot of the posts...they
>>seem to have tapered off a lot this year.
>>
>>I just purchased a Moso last week to add in the backyard.
>>My Blue Fountain has been blooming for the last few months, and I've
>>gotten some seed...they sit in damp sand at this moment.
>>
>>I've mostly been propagating from runners, I've even a few six to
>>eight inch new culms I've dug up with the runners and they seem to be
>>progressing fine(no stunting from the transplant yet). These are
>>mostly off my Japonica.
>>
>> I've a Nihira that does not seem to want to run. Have you ever tried
>>plastic film wrapped around damp peat-moss at the branch nodes of
>>culms? I've read about the technique and may try it today to get some
>>starts from that plant.
>>
>>I'm in zone 8b. How are your growing conditions?
>
>
>I'm in Zone 5, high in the Rockies. Have some Fargesia Rufa in a
>container which I just bought. Container Pseudosas Japonica Arrrow
>that is currently shotting. It comes in during the harsh winter.
>Started out at 18 inches last year and the shoots are over 30 inches
>now.
>
>Down in South FL, I have a few plants as well. Chinese walking stick
>that just went in the ground and is starting to shoot. There is
>another one but I'm sure my friend knows what it is. Grows to about
>thirty feet and has yellow/green vertical striations.
>
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