Flowering black bamboo
Paul Smith4
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I have a large black bamboo in my garden about 10ft tall and has flowered,i have read that this is rear,so would be interested to hear some views or info(phyllostachys nigra)
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Paul Smith4
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Don't know the answer to this but am putting our question to the top of the list.
I thought that when bamboos flowered the next thing that they did was die - hence all the panic a few years ago when they thought that all the Chinese pandas were going to starve to death.
Hope it's not true in your case
Hi Paul smith4, A few years ago this happened to mine and I'm afraid it died afterwards.
I was told by an expert that when they flower it's very likely they die. I ended up digging it up.
So is the answer to stop them flowering if a spike appears or does that not work? How sad to lose it if it's mature.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Don't know, but can you find bits with no flower spikes and dig them up and start again? Worth trying?
It will die
Mine did. You get about 7 years from it then its all over. A few survive but are severely weakened and will take years to recover.
Blimey! I hope you got your seven years out of it and didn't buy it last year.
That's not good news.
I've had mine 5yrs and as soon as it stops raining I'm off out to inspect it.
LOL kef its not gonna suddenly go.
Waterbutts I think they sell at 3 yrs so you get the full seven. Someone said its all to do with the mother plant they are propagated from. All go at the same time.
Like lemmings then?