Phyllostachys vivax 'Huangwenzhu Inversa' dead?
I'm a bit frustrated, I think I've killed my second Inversa. The first one I could attribute to planting it too deep, the second one however I'm not so sure. The first one I bought was a 2 gallon, the second time I bought a large 5 gallon one.
So the second one was doing great for the whole summer, then this winter, the leaves died off and some of the canes split open, but I thought for sure it would send up new shoots, but it did not. I just dug it up today to do a post mortem analysis, and it made some massive roots, as thick or thicker than the canes and in all directions, like 5ft in each direction! I can't believe it didn't have enough energy in its massive root system to put up any new shoots. Each root was the same story, a soggy and rotted "end", but otherwise apparently healthy root all the way to the base.
It is a wet area, but I have an Phyllostachys atrovaginata at the same level, and a nuda in an even worse part of the yard, both doing fine this spring. I know I'm pushing it for my zone with this boo, but I thought at the worst it will just kill off all old growth and start fresh every year. Any ideas?
Here are some bad pictures:
https://picasaweb.google.com/AWasilenko/Bamboo2011#
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