"a colony flowers just once and then dies. The species survive only through the germination of the resultant seeds. Individual plants sometimes recover from flowering, but don't count on it, so flowering is something to regret, not rejoice in."
Must be a different colony nutcutlet. Thats what I meant about the mother plant. If the colony the mother came from flowers then so will all the propagated plants.
It's the 7 years I'm having trouble accepting addict. The flower then die bit proved itself true over the last few years with another species
Maybe it was just with those particular ones at the time.
I was on another gardening forum and mine and several others on there all flowered in the same year. Some bamboo expert guy said that that was why. Then a couple of years later it happened to some other people on the forum and they had bought theres all around the same time and it was about 7/10 years with theirs. We were from all over the world not just England so does seem to happen in waves depending on which colony your plant was raised from. I am no bamboo expert by any means I am just going on what happened to mine and theirs.
Hi addict, Fargesia nitida was theone that died last, all the same clone I understand. Went for about 100 years before they flowered and died. Not sure if all species of bamboo do the flower and die thing, I'm no expert either
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Haha I guess so.
mine's been here a good 10 years, maybe more and I know of a clump 6 foot across that must be much older than mine. No flowers though.
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"a colony flowers just once and then dies. The species survive only through the germination of the resultant seeds. Individual plants sometimes recover from flowering, but don't count on it, so flowering is something to regret, not rejoice in."
Must be a different colony nutcutlet. Thats what I meant about the mother plant. If the colony the mother came from flowers then so will all the propagated plants.
We're all doomed, doomed!
LOL! Wish there was a chuckling smiley waterbutts
It's the 7 years I'm having trouble accepting addict. The flower then die bit proved itself true over the last few years with another species
In the sticks near Peterborough
Mine is okay no flowers and I've just given it a verbal warning. Might put Cosmos Purity with it and it'll live 20yrs.
Maybe it was just with those particular ones at the time.
I was on another gardening forum and mine and several others on there all flowered in the same year. Some bamboo expert guy said that that was why. Then a couple of years later it happened to some other people on the forum and they had bought theres all around the same time and it was about 7/10 years with theirs. We were from all over the world not just England so does seem to happen in waves depending on which colony your plant was raised from. I am no bamboo expert by any means I am just going on what happened to mine and theirs.
What was the other species you mentioned?
Hi addict, Fargesia nitida was theone that died last, all the same clone I understand. Went for about 100 years before they flowered and died. Not sure if all species of bamboo do the flower and die thing, I'm no expert either
In the sticks near Peterborough
I have read that whenever a bamboo flowers, it then dies, not straight away though. I hope it doesn't Paul, they are a beautiful specimen