CaroleMeckes
16th May 2005, 03:05 AM
See the festival agenda at:
http://www.texasbamboosociety.net/maytbsfestival.pdf
Saturday, May 28, 2005 - Plant and vendor sale 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Garden (http://www.hcp4.net/mercer/index.htm)
22306 Aldine Westfield
Humble, Texas 77338-1071
8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Visit vendors booths: bamboo products and plants
9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Dr. Mike Hotchkiss presents: Bamboo pests and pathogens; the history of Georgia’s USDA agricultural station
10 a.m. to noon Bamboo and products vendor sale
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hamburgers for sale in courtyard
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Steve Carter, Carter Bamboo, Brazoria, TX, presents: Dividing Clumping Bamboo, Successfully
2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Live auction of rare bamboos in the visitor’s center: 12 rare and hard to find plants will be auctioned off
The auction is free and open to the public.
5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Texas Bamboo Society Annual Meeting and election of Board of Directors count.
Auction Plants
Most bamboos are in five gallon containers, are five to six-feet-tall, and offer well-rooted in plants with lots of rhizomes for shoot production.
These are just a sampling of the exotic bamboos that will be available at the auction:
Bambusa chungii Barballata - Barbie Bamboo
Bambusa chungii -Tropical Blue Bamboo
Bambusa dissimulator
Bambusa emeiensis Flavidorivens
Bambusa emeiensis Viridiflavus
Bambusa eutuldoides viridivittata
Bambusa lako
Bambusa malingensis
Bambusa multiplex 'Tiny Fern striped'
Bambusa mutabilis - Emerald Bamboo
Bambusa pervariabilis viridistriata
Bambusa sinospinosa
Bambusa textilis "Kanapaha" - Wong Chuk
Bambusa textilis 'Dwarf'
Bambusa textilis 'Glabra'
Bambusa textilis 'Scranton'
Bambusa textilis v. gracilis
Bambusa textilis var. albostriata
Dendrocalamus brandisii
Dendrocalamus minor amoenus -Angel Mist Bamboo
Gigantochloa atroviolacia- Tropical Black Bamboo
Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima'
Indocalamus tessellatus
Phyllostachys aurea 'Koi'
Phyllostachys vivax aureocaulis
Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda
Sinobambusa tootsik albostriata
http://www.texasbamboosociety.net/maytbsfestival.pdf
Saturday, May 28, 2005 - Plant and vendor sale 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Garden (http://www.hcp4.net/mercer/index.htm)
22306 Aldine Westfield
Humble, Texas 77338-1071
8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Visit vendors booths: bamboo products and plants
9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Dr. Mike Hotchkiss presents: Bamboo pests and pathogens; the history of Georgia’s USDA agricultural station
10 a.m. to noon Bamboo and products vendor sale
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hamburgers for sale in courtyard
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Steve Carter, Carter Bamboo, Brazoria, TX, presents: Dividing Clumping Bamboo, Successfully
2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Live auction of rare bamboos in the visitor’s center: 12 rare and hard to find plants will be auctioned off
The auction is free and open to the public.
5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Texas Bamboo Society Annual Meeting and election of Board of Directors count.
Auction Plants
Most bamboos are in five gallon containers, are five to six-feet-tall, and offer well-rooted in plants with lots of rhizomes for shoot production.
These are just a sampling of the exotic bamboos that will be available at the auction:
Bambusa chungii Barballata - Barbie Bamboo
Bambusa chungii -Tropical Blue Bamboo
Bambusa dissimulator
Bambusa emeiensis Flavidorivens
Bambusa emeiensis Viridiflavus
Bambusa eutuldoides viridivittata
Bambusa lako
Bambusa malingensis
Bambusa multiplex 'Tiny Fern striped'
Bambusa mutabilis - Emerald Bamboo
Bambusa pervariabilis viridistriata
Bambusa sinospinosa
Bambusa textilis "Kanapaha" - Wong Chuk
Bambusa textilis 'Dwarf'
Bambusa textilis 'Glabra'
Bambusa textilis 'Scranton'
Bambusa textilis v. gracilis
Bambusa textilis var. albostriata
Dendrocalamus brandisii
Dendrocalamus minor amoenus -Angel Mist Bamboo
Gigantochloa atroviolacia- Tropical Black Bamboo
Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima'
Indocalamus tessellatus
Phyllostachys aurea 'Koi'
Phyllostachys vivax aureocaulis
Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda
Sinobambusa tootsik albostriata