Re-potting the bamboo palm.

I've repotted a number plants and the garden is reaping the rewards. The bamboo palm was planted 4 or so years ago. It had never grown to fill the pot.

When I unpotted, the soil around the root ball was dry and had been dry for some time. I shook the roots clean, trimmed some strangler roots, 1" lava rock and repotted in the same pot.

I use the Miracle Gro moisture mix-- I love this soil; light and full of organic matter.

New shoots galor. Height now about 60".

I read in Container Gardens for Florida that bamboo palms stay at about 8' in the landscape. There is one in my neighborhood that is at least 15'. It's an elegant plant. Maybe I mis-read..

In the landscape