Of course they're the vertical structures that raise the branches and leaves into the air, and I've noticed that I have some interesting ones in the garden this year.
These are from all of my biggest plants, so these are in plain sight -- they're often the best features of the plants. I didn't bother crawling around to look at the smaller examples.
Do you have any cool stems in your garden?
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It looks like you might have an even greater upsize on your atrovaginata next year.
ReplyDeleteSteve: good eye! I sure am hoping for a nice upsize next year.
ReplyDeleteAtrovaginata looks pretty distinct among the green phyllostachys.
ReplyDeleteWe have about the same sized culms now so given favorable conditions, 1 3/4 inches might be possible for next spring. My biggest one on atro is only about 1 1/5 now.
What an interesting post - we so rarely look a the stems of our plants.Some interesting ones you have. I will join and post my stems soon :-)
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