Country Whatnot Gardens

Country Whatnot Gardens

We grow bamboo species that are cold hardy to USDA zone 5 and south.

Our Japanese inspired bamboo garden, Megumi no Sono, is located in northern Indiana approximately 60 miles south of the Michigan state line. We grow and test the cold hardiness of 25 species and varieties of bamboo in the midwest.

After many years of cold hardy testing we are pleased to make our bamboo plants available to home gardeners, landscapers, zoological institutes, city parks, landscape architects, and more.

Home gardeners and landscape industry professionals alike choose us for our years of experience and for our larger plants at a lower cost.

We dig large plants with minimal root disturbance. We do not propagate from small root cuttings.

Each order is dug to meet your needs as closely as possible.

Presale consultation on species choice per your application, planting site and more is offered.

We do our best to help you choose the right species and variety for your planting site and requirements.

Hybrid Hibiscus | Yet Unnamed

Hybrid Hibiscus | Yet Unnamed

Mowing Off Late Bamboo Shoots

Mowing Off Late Bamboo Shoots

Do Japanese Beetles Feed on Bamboo?

Do Japanese Beetles Feed on Bamboo?

New Arundinaria Shoots!

New Arundinaria Shoots!

The Most Cold Hardy Bamboo

The Most Cold Hardy Bamboo

Using Bamboo to Train Trees

Using Bamboo to Train Trees

Asiatic Lily 'White Twinkle'

Asiatic Lily 'White Twinkle'

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  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens22 сағат бұрын

    @zurkatri1049 I don't know why my replies won't show under your comment. I can't see it at least. I don't know what kind of games KZread is playing. I've checked it in every browser and it's not showing anywhere. Anyway, I had said something along the lines that I haven't done any winter protection yet. I would like to possibly experiment sometime with laying down the Pseudosasa and Indocalamus, then cover with burlap to see if that will help the culms to overwinter. If I do that I would wait for three months of temperatures below 45ºF to be sure the plants are dormant and that I'm not covering them during a period when they should still be actively photosynthesizing. I hope YT allows this comment to show.

  • @zurkatri1049
    @zurkatri104923 сағат бұрын

    When do you protect your bamboo in the winter? If you do

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov1Күн бұрын

    👍

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin3288Күн бұрын

    😮

  • @terriem3922
    @terriem3922Күн бұрын

    So pretty!

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardensКүн бұрын

    Thank you! :) My friend is so talented with her plant breeding work. She does a great job. I feel so blessed to be able to grow her cultivars here.

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin32882 күн бұрын

    My favorite 😍

  • @Ghosts_and_Cars
    @Ghosts_and_Cars2 күн бұрын

    I need to wall off a doo doo neighbor. They have a raised up mobile home about 30' to the fence line about 250'L. Would seabreeze be ok or would Robusta Campbell be better to switch to? Really want height and be close to fence line

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens2 күн бұрын

    Depends on your climate?

  • @Ghosts_and_Cars
    @Ghosts_and_Cars2 күн бұрын

    @@CountryWhatnotGardens E. TX. Robusta combs would sure be easier to clean up if they fell over.

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens2 күн бұрын

    Typically, as a whole, Fargesia species don't like high heat and humidity. However I did hear of someone in Missouri having success with robusta. I'd go with the Fargesia if it will live in your location since the height could be an issue when old culms fall over.

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin32883 күн бұрын

    ❤😊

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov13 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin32884 күн бұрын

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov14 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @zurkatri1049
    @zurkatri10494 күн бұрын

    Question: If you had a large grove and you protected one spot of the grove every year (assuming the unprotected spots got windburned or topkilled every year), would that protected spot get taller and taller, or would it stay the same or even downsize due to the rest of the grove?

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens4 күн бұрын

    I suspect there would be some benefit of only a partial wind burn or top kill, but the benefit would likely be moderate due to the entire grove being interconnected.

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin32885 күн бұрын

  • @robertarthur3532
    @robertarthur35326 күн бұрын

    just ordered some for myself, your video was really helpful. Thanks for the great content man.

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens6 күн бұрын

    It's a great bamboo. You're going to like it!

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov16 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin32887 күн бұрын

  • @zekeharley
    @zekeharley7 күн бұрын

    you should be able to get pots now. every nursey I go to has them now.

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens7 күн бұрын

    5 gal squats, 2100's by NSI, are still on back order. I'm over it at this point. Even if they came in stock I'd probably continue with the contractor bags. They're more difficult to move around, but I've been able to offer larger root balls at the same price to the customers without the added cost in larger, more expensive pots.

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov17 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @alwaysright6358
    @alwaysright63587 күн бұрын

    Grape vines (leaves) are a June beetle magnet. That followed by cherry leaves, and they also love large flowers like those of Rose of Sharon where they can feed and hide.

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens7 күн бұрын

    They didn't get the memo on the grape leaves. 😂 There is a wild grape vine I need to cut out of another grove of P. nuda in another location on the property. They haven't touched it last I looked at it a few days ago. That vine is another gift from the wild birds.

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin32888 күн бұрын

    Got plenty here to .Georgia

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin32888 күн бұрын

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    @toniastin32889 күн бұрын

  • @alwaysright6358
    @alwaysright63589 күн бұрын

    The rhizomes if they cannot dive back down into the ground may eventually leaf out. It can be distinguish from normal bamboo culms by having many nodes and branches.

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens9 күн бұрын

    Correct. They will look more compact.

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov19 күн бұрын

    👍

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    @slavasokolov19 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin328810 күн бұрын

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov111 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin328811 күн бұрын

    It pays to do your homework on the different types. Thanks for the good information about barriers to..😊

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin328811 күн бұрын

  • @ddhqj2023
    @ddhqj202311 күн бұрын

    I knew a woman whose yard was invaded by bamboo from her neighbours yard. Cost her $25000.00 to get the stuff dug out, a barrier put in place and her entire back patio redone because it was made of paving stones on gravel. Don't put bamboo in if it can get into someone else's yard.

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens11 күн бұрын

    I agree. I'd also say if times ever got tough and she needed vegetables, "Go and eat your stones."

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin328812 күн бұрын

  • @Shiznitt_
    @Shiznitt_12 күн бұрын

    Would be cool to see a timelapse of the culms comming up and leafing out 👍

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov112 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @tescherman3048
    @tescherman304813 күн бұрын

    For what it's worth, I can understand you just fine, though I'm a fellow Midwesterner. But I think the issue for some may be the slight muffled quality of the audio. Sounds like you may have a windscreen on your mike (which is absolutely 100% great), but there is still a little "fog" in the audio, which may be what people are reacting to. I don't know what video editor you are using, but DaVinci Resolve is a very, very powerful free video editor that also allows you to make the audio crystal clear using its Fairlight page. You may not have enough time in the day to utilize it since you (gratefully!) make a video so frequently. And that's much appreciated! Especially from those of us interested in planting Bamboo. But I thought I'd at least put this out there.

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens13 күн бұрын

    Thank you! 😊 I take that as a complement since I've had to work hard on this accent. (As a child I learned to talk in the south) I'll have to check out that editor. It might be valuable if I can get the time to do a lot of editing. I'm pretty low tech. I just use my phone and external mic with a windsock. Then I just upload right to KZread. I usually just then trim the ends as KZread allows in their editor. That removes the bit where I flip the camera around. lol

  • @tescherman3048
    @tescherman304813 күн бұрын

    @@CountryWhatnotGardens Yes, DaVinci may be more than what you need (and I don't always use it either), but it is a fantastic resource if you want to learn it. And it produces State-of-the-Art, professional-level results. You may be too busy to spend the time on it but that's OK! Just wanted to point out the opportunity of using amazing software that's freely available for all of us Content Creators to sound like we know what we're doing. :) LOL

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov113 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @zekeharley
    @zekeharley13 күн бұрын

    do you do any groove maintenance I.E. cut out dead culms?

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens13 күн бұрын

    Occasionally, but I don't usually remove dead culms unless I need them for a fence or garden stakes. My grove maintenance usually consists of removing weed trees and cutting back growth from the perimeter to maintain the desired footprint.

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov113 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin328814 күн бұрын

    ❤😊

  • @edh7271
    @edh727114 күн бұрын

    David you need to speak a little more slowly and enunciate the words.

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens14 күн бұрын

    I admit that I do find the midwest accent easier if I go a bit fast. Especially for vowels. I was born here, but my family moved to another region when I was very young. So I learned to speak elsewhere when I was little. Then we moved back to Indiana and here I am still trying to take on this midwestern accent... At least for business, extended-family functions, and now videos mostly. lol Around immediate family and close friends, not so much. Over 30 years of practice, but still not perfect.

  • @edh7271
    @edh727114 күн бұрын

    @@CountryWhatnotGardens It is not your accent, you speak clearly but just a bit too fast

  • @zekeharley
    @zekeharley14 күн бұрын

    of all the bamboo you have, what would you say is the MOST cold hardy overall in your zone?

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens14 күн бұрын

    Without a doubt Arundinaria gigantea 'Macon'. Of the Phyllostachys I used to say bissetii with nuda being a close second. However, since being established I would now say atrovaginata followed by parvifolia. So absolute most cold hardy would be A. g. 'Macon'. Most cold hardy of the larger ones would be atrovaginata.

  • @user-ud7zz7yz3p
    @user-ud7zz7yz3p14 күн бұрын

    I'm here in SE KS. I've tested different sources of rivercane to see how they do. The "Macon" along with two MO sources and the "Wisconsin" do the best. You ought to get some of the "Wisconsin" and test that there. You can get some from Bamboo Gardens Nursery. They are in OR. Have you done a video on the A. appalachiana? I would like to learn more about that one. Thanks for sharing.

  • @CountryWhatnotGardens
    @CountryWhatnotGardens14 күн бұрын

    Is the originating source of "Wisconsin" known? I ask because I did send some of my Macon clone to Wisconsin many years ago. I don't grow appalachiana or tecta. I had some tecta many years ago, but it died out. The smaller species of Arundinaria have a habit of looking ragged throughout the year. So I haven't cared to get into those.

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov114 күн бұрын

    👍

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin328815 күн бұрын

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    @toniastin328816 күн бұрын

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov116 күн бұрын

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    @slavasokolov117 күн бұрын

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  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin328817 күн бұрын

    Pretty!

  • @toniastin3288
    @toniastin328817 күн бұрын

    😮❤wow

  • @slavasokolov1
    @slavasokolov118 күн бұрын

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