echinosum wrote:
> Travis;738007 Wrote:
>> Do those "most respected bamboo sellers" have names?
> OP is in the UK, where it is common for phyllostachys to be falsely
> described as a clumper, even by respected television/radio gardeners.
> Several of the more popular phyllostachys species are not very rampant
> in the UK, but they are still runners and will run eventually. I would
> name Jungle Giants, Hardy Bamboos and The Palm Centre, as respected
> bamboo sellers who use the word "clumping" in relation to
> Phyllostachys, (even though the second of these is run by a man who
> wrote a book making quite clear the true situation). In terms of
> accurate advice (when selling) I would name Pan-Global Plants of
> Frampton upon Severn, and Whitelea Nurseries, alias UK-bamboos.co.uk
I have sent all 3 you mentioned an email asking why they call runners
clumping.
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Travis in Shoreline Wa****ngton
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