Last year early April we asked Clay of Valkaria Gardens to give us 10 clumps of field grown Emerald Bamboo. They are huge, full, plush, green, thick, and exceptional, so we bought 10 more of the same this year. Clay installed them a couple of weeks ago on February 8th, and Mark is doing an amazing job of watering them a couple of times a week (while we wait for rains to return...). Then, a couple of days ago on Sunday, February 19th, Mark and I dug a trench and planted 10 Seabreeze Bamboo (3 gallon containers) that we bought in December from Beautiful Bamboo in Homestead, Florida. So the amazing Wall of Bamboo is filled in, and we're going to be seeing some stunning culm growth this spring. I'm buying an extra 25lb bag of earthworm castings so I can make sure those underground rhizomes are developing happily...
Bamboo is very fun, and when it forms a plush wall like our April 2016 Emerald clumps, it's nothing short of stunning. What other plant can produce a 30' green wall in a year?
