Author Topic: February 2017 in the Northern Hemisphere (Read 6921 times)

Brian Ellis · « **on:** February 03, 2017, 12:22:23 PM »

Amazingly after at least two and a half weeks in bud the Eranthis 'Winterzauber' in the front garden is starting to open!

Cfred72 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 03, 2017, 03:09:46 PM »

A month of February that begins rather well

David Nicholson · « **Reply #2 on:** February 03, 2017, 07:14:32 PM »

Looks good Brian. You're lucky to be able to get into the garden it's rained pretty steadily for most of the last week here.

Cfred72 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 04, 2017, 09:31:40 AM »

After eleven years of planting, I had to calm the growth of two clumps of bamboo.
The first massif is Phyllostachys aureosulcata spectabilis. It was no longer possible to pass around without bending his back. There are no anti-rhizome barriers. I determined once and for all the place I wanted to leave him to grow. For the rest, it is with the lawnmower that I regulate the shoots that rise from freedom outside the zone (sometimes I also pick for food). I left some stubbles so that the plant continues to feed itself while awaiting the New shoots in April - May. As they can not trace leptomorphic bamboos, they behave in cespitous. In the end, on the edges of the massif, the stubble slopes instead of remaining straight. The shape of the massif looks more like a Fargesia than a Phyllostachys.The problem is that the remaining stubbles are more fragile because they are supporting each other.

Cfred72 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 04, 2017, 09:37:26 AM »

The second massif is Pseudosasa japonica. Here it makes a beautiful screen between the terrace of the garden and the neighborhood. So I made another style of cut for him. I cut half a massif along the length. The other half will be cut in turn. This will happen when the first has rejected.

Maggi Young · « **Reply #5 on:** February 04, 2017, 10:58:03 AM »

Major work to control these bamboos!

Leena · « **Reply #6 on:** February 04, 2017, 12:57:36 PM »

Quote from: Cfred72 on February 04, 2017, 09:37:26 AM

Here it makes a beautiful screen between the terrace of the garden and the neighborhood.

You have really big bamboos! They sure do make a beautiful screen all year round over there.

johnw · « **Reply #7 on:** February 04, 2017, 08:26:30 PM »

Fred - Is that a Fargesia I see in the distance well behind the second Spectabilis photo?

I planted a Pseudosasa a block away from home and it reach 4m, unfortunately 2015 burnt all the leaves and killed the highest culms. It has recovered nicely but one night of -15c in December burnt the uppermost leaves again. I will try Sasamorpha borealis as a replacement sometime.

john

ikizzeki · « **Reply #8 on:** February 04, 2017, 10:32:38 PM »

Some Crocuses .. First flowers in the new year..
And Romulea tempskyana
Antalya/Turkey

Cfred72 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 04, 2017, 11:00:09 PM »

Maggi, I cut the chainsaw.
Leena, actually the presence of green is all year present in the garden.
John, it is a Fargesia, to his left a Phyllostachys vivax, to his right a Sasa cernua 'nebulosa' and even more to the right, a Phyllostachys nigra 'Henonis'. Completely to the left of the picture, a Phyllostachys nigra 'Boryana'
I grow a few species.
From the smallest to the largest:

* Pleioblastus distichus
* Pleioblastus fortunei
* Pleioblastus pumilus
* Pleioblastus viridistriatus
* Sasa masamuneana 'albostriata'
* Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima'
* Sasa cernua 'Nebulosa'
* Sasa tesselata
* Sasa tsuboïana
* Fargesia nitida
* Phyllostachys aurea
* Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis'
* Phyllostachys aureosulcata 'Aureocaulis'
* Phyllostachys bisseti
* Phyllostachys glauca
* Phyllostachys décora
* Phyllostachys nigra
* Pseudosasa japonica
* Semiarundinaria fastuosa
* Phyllostachys atrovaginata
* Phyllostachys nigra 'Boryana'
* Phyllostachys nigra 'Henonis'
* Phyllostachys vivax aureocaulis
* Phyllostachys vivax huangwenzhu

johnw · « **Reply #10 on:** February 05, 2017, 12:34:41 AM »

Fred - That's quite a bamboo list! Have you been spending time at Kimmei?

You really should try Borinda (aka Fargesia) KR 5287.

Did Sasa palmata get changed to S. cernua?

john

Cfred72 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 05, 2017, 09:05:33 AM »

Yes, John, I bought some bamboos at Kimmei (5 or 6).

Sasa cernua 'Nebulosa' is often confused with Sasa palmata. It originates from Japan (Hokkaido and north of Honshu). Its local name is Okuyama-Zasa. It has leaves 20 to 28 cm long and 5 to 7 wide. They are oblong and lustrous, arranged in 'palm'.
It is the foliage that makes it its main attraction. When you look at it against the light it is beautiful. When the plant grows older, its stems become colored black. The young stems can be eaten raw in salad and they are numerous. It is the bamboo that I find most difficult to contain. Finally ... to watch because it could invade the space quickly. However once cut off on the ground, the stems do not reject. In the spring, shoots come out everywhere even away from the plant. The sheets can also be used for presentation of certain dishes. It grows everywhere, in the shade as well as in the sun.