"Zarch" wrote in message
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Morning all,

My Black Bamboo has been in situ now for around a month. The bottom
part looks particularly heathly with limited "deadness" on the ends of
the leaves. But the highest shoots look in a poor state to me (not
that i'm any expert). I'm watering every other day (as with the rest
of my newly planted border). The tallest shoot do appear to be growing
in height, but the state of the leaves is worrying me, bound to on your
most expensive purchase to date! i suppose :-(

Any help you can give would be very much appreciated

Regards

Mick

Keep doing what you are, they take a while to settle, it may be a year
before it sends up some new shoots (culms) at which point you can start
removing the older tatty stuff and raising its skirts to expose clean stems,
but until then keep all the leaves you can.
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)