Elephant Grass (for Paul)

[chris]

Hi paul,

i've done a quick search on elephant grass. it seems the other name for it is "MISCANTHUS (http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/crops/info/miscanthus.htm)", which has gave a few results:

http://www.hardybamboo.com/shop/products.asp?c_urn=60&show=allpgno7

the elephant grass is at the bottom of the page, under the other name of miscanthus. they start at £5 per plant, but the more you buy the less it costs. and by the height of em (upto 4m!!!) i can see why the weavers would like em.

i'll continue searching and post anything else i find in this thread

Chris:wink:

[chris]

here's another one:


http://www.urbanjungle.uk.com/category.asp?catcode=11

again look for "miscanthus". the interesting thing i found on this one is that Zebra grass IS miscanthus! and can grow considerably larger than 4 foot:shock: upto 2.4m, which works out at around 8 foot tall!!

looks like i'll be going back down to B&Q to get some more zebra grass now i know of it's importance to my weavers
Chris:wink:

[chris]

Hi mate,

just bringing this back up incase you've missed it somehow. the urban jungle website has several different types of elephant grass, and pleanty of other exotic plants if you take a look around. i think i might order something off there if you can do so by post or over the phone.

Chris:wink:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your efforts on finding information on Elephant Grass, the more I know, the more I'm afraid of trying it.:grin:

Paul.:)

[chris]

Hi paul,


yesterday i went down the garden centre for yet more plants, and there were several miscanthus grasses for sale, all of which get very tall and i did come back with one of the bigger ones for about £6 i think. it also turns out that the so-called bamboo i have isn't bamboo at all but elephant grass! i've had the stuff for over a year and always thought it looked funny for bamboo.

i will be taking a small chunk out of each plant to grow outside the aviary just incase they don't last, if you want i can get a bit of root with a side shoot on it from each plant for ya when i do this, and send them your way in the post. you'll have to grow them on for a year or so, but at least you've got some if you can't find any in the mean time

Chris:wink:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

Thanks mate that is a very kind offer, you are a star.:grin:

Paul.:grin:

[chris]

Hi paul,


i'll send some your way next week, so if you get any suspicious packages it's not necessarily a bomb:shock:
anyway, what idiot would be stupid enough to put a return address on a bomb:lol:

Chris:wink:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the offer of the Grasses.

Cheers Paul.:wink: