I planted a #2 size yellow groove bamboo this spring, around March I believe. I was checking to see if my p. nigra was shooting (it was!) and my 'mystery' bamboos were also doing okay. My incense bamboo still isn't doing diddly squat, and I planted that last year. So I go to the yellow groove just to check it out, and there is a single new shoot coming up! I am amazed, especially since I just planted it a few months ago.

Is this 'normal'? I hope it takes off quickly! I've been waiting for my p. nigra to do something, but it's so slow because it's the wrong zone for it. But the black shoots that come up are very attractive this year (didn't freeze this year).