How to garden with Bamboo: firstly, don't be afraid! Which Bamboo to choose and where to plant it.
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- This week on The Horti-Culturalists we take a close look at the bamboos in Stephen's garden and do a deep dive into bamboo culture! Do you choose a running bamboo or clumping bamboo? And why?! What's the maintenance? Will they take over your garden?? Are they hardy? Some are good for dry shade, some can freeze, some need full sun... All these and SO many more questions answered! We even discover why bamboo names are constantly changing!! (It's to do with the flowering cycle!). The bamboos we cover in this episode are growing in Stephen's Mount Macedon garden and they are:
Phyllostachys nigra ( Black Bamboo)
Phyllostachys nigra 'Boryana' (Tiger Bamboo)
Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis (Chinese Timber Bamboo)
Sasa veitchii
Indocalamus tessellatus
Drepanostachyum falcatum (Himalayan Weeping Bamboo)
0:00 introduction
1:35 what is a culm!?
1:56 the difference between clumping & running bamboo
2:43 amount of time required to maintain a running bamboo (not much!)
3:22 Phyllostachys nigra ( Black Bamboo)
4:10 why plant a running bamboo?
4:48 why plant a clumping bamboo?
5:03 bamboos in pot culture
6:33 how to contain the rhyzome of running bamboo
8:20 Phyllostachys nigra 'Boryana' (Tiger Bamboo)
8:29 pruning and upkeep
9:33 Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis (Chinese Timber Bamboo)
10:21 uses of bamboo in a garden design
11:13 growth rates
12:14 hardiness
13:34 get expert advice on which bamboo will work for your needs
14:36 Sasa veitchii
16:33 Indocalamus tessellatus
17:18 Drepanostachyum falcatum (Himalayan Weeping Bamboo)
18:24 What's the difference between grass and bamboo!? - Jak na to + styl
I love bamboo so much! I grow them in Maryland, US in pots (and in the ground with a barrier so if I am being lazy they don’t escape.). I also love them for free plant stakes and have even DIY’d garden fences with it.
I agree completely. Regards Stephen
I truly love bamboo. My gracillis clumping bamboo has solved an incredible overlooking issue - 4 houses used to look into our backyard. Issue fixed in three years and plants are lush, green and thoroughly beautiful. I’m about to put a few other varieties in, including the Sasha Vietchi that I went and purchased from Stephen’s excellent nursery! Love bamboo, it’s a great plant. Thank you so much for your excellent video on these incredible and under appreciated plants
Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Stephen
I absolutely love your channel and do not understand why you don't have over 1 mio followers. I always get knowledge AND a good laugh at the same time 💞
Maybe I should add that I paid good money to have someone remove a runner from my small garden 🙃
We are hoping the million is on the way but are glad to have you on board.
Haha. I love calling Van Dusen 'cold'. Throwing shade at the rest of Canada.
When I was there it was certainly cold for an Australian! there was about 1 metre of snow over the whole garden!
@@thehorti-culturalists Really? What year was that? 1 metre of snow would be very unusual for them. Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island are the mildest parts of Canada!
Thank you guys, informative as always.
Our pleasure!
Thank you Mathew and Stephen for another informative and enjoyable episode.
Many thanks for watching!
I have a bamboo in a pot that has mystified me for 4 years. It is supposed to be 3 foot tall and it has never grown over 6 inches tall. I was always waiting for it to grow before planting out. Now I know the problem is the pot, planting out this week. Thanks again!
Thank you for watching!
This video is right on time, I'm looking for a clumping shade lover to grow in pots. I so appreciate your knowledge.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you, Gentlemen! Each week your video addresses the very question I was looking for (looking at my clumping potted specimens)
Thanks for watching!
once again informative and easy to understand, great job guys !!!
Many thanks for watching!
Thanks for your time on this video. Very educational. I ordered the slammer tool straight away. That tool will save me lots of back breaking work for various jobs.
Glad we could be of service and that you enjoyed the video. Have fun with your slammer as well. Regards Stephen
Truly exciting. Tnx a ton!
Thanks for watching!
Thank u as always great information❤️
Thanks for watching!
Our neighbour shuddered when we planted bamboo (we have 3 varieties in our Vancouver BC Canada garden--but FYI Vancouver does have relatively warm winters--very rare to get below 5C in winter). But we planted the one running variety with a deep root barrier and in a raised bed so we could see any potential escapees. The black bamboo is such a boon as it will grow in deep dry shade (we water in the summer) under our cedar and is a great screen between us and our neighbour.
@Candace what did you use as a root barrier? How deep? Have you had any escapees yet?
@@mellfraze8112 hi. We bought a root barrier at a garden supply store. It's 24" deep. But the local bamboo nursery recommends growing it in mounded beds as a best practice, then going around the edge of the bed twice a year to check for rhyzomes trying to sneak out. They said it's mostly surface escapes, not deep roots that expand
We've had bamboo for about 8 years with no escapees.
Part of the process of planting bamboo is reassuring everyone it's not going to escape!
Really good video, thank you
Thanks for watching!
Oh I want that tool Not for bamboo but I do have a job that would be perfect for.
Fabulous. Regards Stephen
The weeping bamboo is a stunner….from my iPad 😉. Thanks guys. 🎋
Many thanks for watching!
There are some in Arnold Arboretum Boston.
Thanks for watching!
Bamboo grows quite well in Central Florida 👌
Don't Alligators and bamboo go together?
Thanks for watching!
@@planestrainsdogsncars4336 Haha...absolutely. We have both here in Windermere, Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸
@@thehorti-culturalists Absolutely, love your channel.
If you would like to see what this part of Florida looks like I just uploaded a Backyard Tour and a separate Front yard Tour yesterday and today. I'd love to have you check it out 🌿💚🌿
Great information, thanks guys! I have a black bamboo that I adore but have been a little afraid that it's going to take over. This video gives me confidence that I can let it be a bit more adventurous.
Any tips on the best way to propagate some from my existing stock?
Thanks in advance
(I must look for some other varieties around and about too)
Just dig out clumps around the edges of the colony in very late winter early spring. Then shorten any culms to reduce transplant shock. Hope this helps.
Regards Stephen
Nice bamboo 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩💕
Wow 😲 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩💓💓💓
I own a 5 acre multi-gullied canyon property in hardiness 10a. Thinking about forming a permaculture bamboo project utilizing bambusa oldhamii contours and growing multi-species like coffee, passionfruit, radishes, watermelon, squash, ginger, turmeric, ladybug host species and narrow leaf milkweed. The goal is to set up these lanes for future Silvopasture since the understory would be edible for goats, sheep, a cow, chickens, etc.
My question is, should I consider utilizing a runner species to rapidly secure the landscape from erosion in the center of the canyon?
I know bamboo will sequester more carbon amd contribute to evapotranspiration 2000% faster than all the natives I've been working with.
I think running bamboo would be an amazing addition within my landscape, but the county may disagree, particularly because I'm adjacent to conserved chaparral for the CA Gnatcatcher (Note: I currently have more Gnatcatchers visiting my landscape given the varied chaparral species I have on my landscape compared to the adjacent chaparral with minimal biodiversity (only buckwheat and laurel sumac growing there).
Thoughts?
As long as the Bamboo is in the centre parts of the property I can't see a problem. Plants that self seed are much more risky as they can easily leap a fence. And I have to say groves of Bamboo can be truly stunning. Regards Stephen
Thanks for another great video 😁
Could a running bamboo be successfully managed & contained on a small (0.15 acre) suburban lot? I would love to add a running bamboo to our front garden but I am worried that it might escape into the neighbors. I've seen recommendations of various subsurface barriers to contain the rhizomes to they area you want them but I am not confident in any of those solutions.
Yes it could but deep root barriers (Minimum .5metre) would need to be installed or a permanent open trench to watch for rhizomes would be advisable.
I live in Vancouver and have a running bamboo that is an Olympic runner. When you cut the new culms as they are coming up can the piece left in the ground servive on its own and keep growing. I inherited this bamboo from a previous gardener and curse him for planting this bamboo it is now lifting the roadway. This my question. Really enjoying your show.🇨🇦
If you just break off the new culms the rhizome will indeed keep growing.
I too have inherited a running bamboo variety and would appreciate some advice on eradication even if it involves poison
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I have dug up what I thought was all the roots and like the cat it came back. It has now grown into the district water culver's so we might have to pay an expert to remove it. Running bamboo should be banned in urban gardens. Good luck to you.
Hi, im in zone 5b.... I do love bamboo.... What type of bamboo should i get if possible..
Please more suggestions..
Thank you so much ....
in clumping bamboos you should be able the grow Fargesia species and perhaps Chusquea. I running any of the Sasa ( these can be quite vigorous, be warned ) and many of the Phyllostachys species, Regards Stephen
ARE ALL black bamboo runners?
all non tropical ones are as far as I know. Regards Stephen
I have a love hate relationship with my running bamboos. Their like out of control hyperactive children that refuse to behave. They are a great screen between me and the endless sea of jouses behind me......and then some. Every spring and summer i have no choice but invade my neighbors backyard and remove the shoots. Luckily the spring is only time it truly goes crazy. Tho its evil the way the the grove moves in the wind and the sound it makes is worth it. Then when a light wet snow hits it it looks great. That said when a heavy wet snow hits it lays flat on anything around including my garage and srews up the gutters everytime lol. All i can say is educate your self before planting these evil plants.
This is why I did the video. Hope people do plant responsibly. Regards Stephen