Sandra, you can cut it back now if you want, but best left till end of Feb, beginning of March....I'm sure it will be fine.

hi blue thanx for addvice and will wait as you say a bit longer :o))

Where you live, Sandra, I'd be inclined to wait till end of March, unless we suddenly have a balmy spring...

ok will do bamboo, its still very cold here, i have lots of dead foilage but have been leaving it to keep new shoots warm even though it does look messy,

Blackpool....hardly the arctic is it!

lol blue no but it has bitter winds and lots of rain, you couldnt cope with it blue... lol

Compared to London, it is, BS - I note every year that Farnham in Surrey is at least two weeks behind us here in Spring, never mind Blackpool

:o)) thanx bamboo

You're just splitting hairs Bamboo... you can cut back these grasses in late Feb, early March, or late March if you really want to, the vagaries of the British climate will make not one jot of difference to the well being of this particular grass.... but then again what do I know....only been growing grasses for 25 years.

lol blue no falling out guys plez, no probs blue i will be clipping it after feb has passed :o) i value both your comments x

Poor Sanbaz, trying to keep the peace, don't worry about it my dear - I'm not in the least concerned if Bluespruce holds an opinion, lol

thanx bamboo oops

Do you have the name of this San ,I have it I think but can't find the label ?
I think it is ok, the last time I looked it had new shoots coming from the base.

will look for you aster, i have label :o)

ita a bamboo aster called pleioblastus variegatus :o))

Oh thank you San didn't remember it as a bamboo,but it looks like the one,cheers :)

i didnt remember it as a bamboo only just read the back of tag ;o))

Ah, well then, in that case, Sanbaz, trim it back in SPRING! (same as I said before)

thanx bamboo, i should have posted the name in first place but didnt think sorry :o))

It's a lovely plant when in full leaf,I think we are all itching to get tidied up.Like being on the starting blocks lol :)

That's the thing Bamboo, in this case, it's a little more than just an opinion, lol

yes your right aster im so fed up , things need to be started and im not able to do some of them, my son helping get some stumps out but has to be between his busy social life lol

Little and often,but leave the big stuff to the brawny ones :)

your right aster but its like watching pain dry hahahh ;o)) will get there in the end

Although it pains me greatly to now agree with Bamboo, bamboos will be better left to spring.

Yea, I'm sick of all this cold weather, sooo looking forward to a bit of warmth and light and getting outside to tidy up properly too. Still, nearly there...

yup not long now bamboo, wait till spring has sprung and we will all be out there :o))
lol blue aww dont let it hurt your male pride :o) x

It's ok Sandra, I'm sure I'll get over it...;0)

im sure you will blue ;o))

We're wishing our lives away...I also have this bamboo and this is the first year it has lost its leaves...so thanks from me too..lol

I checked on mine yesterday San...it was only a tiny piece last year....its looking dry and brown...but I can see green underneath....:o)

glad it answered your question to motinot, and thanx janey i will check if any new growth, also my new pink pampas grass looks dead but when i went to gc today so did theirs and saw new growth on them so im hoping mine is ok to, its only young :o)