Dreer's garden book : seventy-fourth annual edition 1912 . TU. HAROV BA:IIB00S (). Mr. George W. Oliver, of Washington, the well-known expert, haswritten the following especially for this book: All the Hardy Bamboos grow best where the soil is rich, moist andwell drained. They do not thrive in stiff, hard clay. During the summer months it is advisable to mulch small or newlyplanted specimens until well established with a mixture of leaves, moss andmanure. The mulch should not be removed, but rather added to on theadvent of cold weather, and with species which have been untried in anyloc
Dreer's garden book : seventy-fourth annual edition 1912 . TU. HAROV BA:IIB00S (). Mr. George W. Oliver, of Washington, the well-known expert, haswritten the following especially for this book: All the Hardy Bamboos grow best where the soil is rich, moist andwell drained. They do not thrive in stiff, hard clay. During the summer months it is advisable to mulch small or newlyplanted specimens until well established with a mixture of leaves, moss andmanure. The mulch should not be removed, but rather added to on theadvent of cold weather, and with species which have been untried in anylocality they should get protection over the crowns in winter, because, whilewell-established plants might prove perfectly hardy, those which arc in theprocess of becoming established are more likely to succumb to freezingweather. During the growing period the plants should receive an abun-dance of water. Bamboos require a sheltered position—that is, a place in which thesoft, tender shoots will not be whipped about by the wind. They stand out most strikingly
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