One in Adelphi, Maryland, one in Wildwood, Florida, one at the US National Arboretum with a grandfatherly interest in many more around the DC area (unless noted, pictures are taken the day of post)
Friday, October 28, 2011
Borinda maclureana....a good new clumping bamboo hardy in USDA Zone 8a-7b (at least)
The literature sugget 8-b-9, but these plants have been through two legitimate 7-b winters. They're under irrigation but otherwise they aren't in amy way pampered. I stuck them into the middle of a large bed and looked in from time to time. Apparently it worked; all of a sudden they look good. They're attractive plants with larger "leaves" then most "hardy bamboos". The leaves are reminiscent of another grass, one we don't particularly like to see; they look a lot like Stiltgrass, Microstegium imineum, with than subtle midrib. ??? The overall shape of the plant is also nice, they grow up but arch to one side: very attractive. I like grasses that grow tdirectionally like Hakonechloa. Our are still young but from what I read, we can expect them to grow to 20 feet or more.
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