YIN YANG TIMBER BAMBOO Bambusa emeiensis viridiflavus
Ralph recently thinned out one of our favorite clumping bamboos, Yin Yang Timber. This 2-year-old line of four plants started out with a single cane from 3-gal containers when they were first planted. Now, 2 yeas later, the four clumps have grown together into a solid wall of green. A little thinning shows off the beautiful canes. Every year, the new shoots that appear during the warm summer months are larger diameter and taller than previous year's growth. In larger-cane bamboos like Yin Yang, we like the way it looks if the smaller, more original canes are removed in order to showcase the more spectacular looking larger diameter new growth. The poles that were removed (shown in the bottom left image) are straight and can be used for building or craft projects.
Mine is second year, still not seeing the new shoots, do you know when new shoots appear?
ReplyDeleteYin-Yang, like most clumping bamboos, doesn't begin to send up new shoots until the weather warms up considerably. May through November is the above-ground growing season for clumpers, with different varieties starting to shoot at different times throughout that period. Be patient. Your yin-yang will send up lots of new shoots this summer.
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ReplyDeleteCan you send new pictures of these bamboo ....I bought 2 plants in June in 3 gallon containers as single shoots.
one of them now has two stalks with full leaves and has a new shoot this about 8 feet tall and growing.
The other plant has two stalks with full leaves, a shoot that is about 15 feet tall and now has two more shoots coming out of the ground...one is about 4 feet tall so far and the other is about 6 inches....
Is there anyway to keep them growing during the winter months...i live in south florida. I am trying to get them to grow as big and fast as possible and water them daily
you don't have to worry about yin yang being killed back in the winter if you live in south florida or even in central florida where our nursery is located. no matter where you live, if you want to encourage more growth, ncrease watering, add organic matter like compost, manure, grass clippings, leaves, etc., around the base of the bamboo (it's okay if the organic matter touches the canes) and weed out any competing plants. in just a couple growing seasons your bamboos will be producing large diameter tall canes.
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