What's Blooming Oregon--Robin
Adam Fikso (Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:32:53 PDT)
Jim Mc K. No, no, no. It's alive, though tiny-- having come through the
winter!. I've never seen it rated hardier than - 10° F. I did include it
among blooming items, sorry for the misleading information.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com>
To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] What's Blooming Oregon--Robin
Adam, are you saying that your Phyllostachys nigra is blooming? Does that
presage a mass die-off of this species in our gardens later this year?
Jim McKenney