I thought we had a trade for the bamboo once. You have not emailed me since I gave you the information on Timber Bamboo. I would like some of the Yellow Grove Bamboo. Walter

I'm looking for some thick cane bamboo that will have a fair chance of making it through the winters in SE MI. I have a large variety of plants and seeds to trade. Email for details... slfairless@hotmail.com

sorry; wrong section of the forum :)

I don't have experience directly, but Hoosier recently explained to me that a piece of rhizome only has as many buds as it's born (well you know what I mean) with and even if you have a clum or two you can end up with a "living stick" a bamboo with no buds to turn into new rhizome system. Mphillips has a some new growth, so I suspect another year or two will give good growth (with food, water and sun). I did see a YG plant that consisted of 5 or 6 small (4' tall)clums in NC that was on top of a dry ridge, owners said that's all it ever did. Soil was rocky and poor, little water.