A letter in the Directors' Correspondence archive describes how the deadly prediction of an old Chinese proverb about bamboo flowering came true. "When the bamboo flowers, famine, death and ...

Once buds have formed, stop fertilizing until the flowers begin to bloom in the winter. During flowering, you can resume feeding the plants on a monthly basis with a nitrogen-rich fertilizer.

Trim them back to encourage new growth. One of the best flowering groundcovers, these are perennials but often grown as annuals. They flower prolifically in the warmer months, producing masses ...