I am renting this home and on one side of the large fence are these massive bamboo stalks. I’m located in Central Ontario and it’s November so I think it might be normal for them to be dying from the ground up as seen in photo? They’re flowering on the top stalks as you can see in photo. I do not know what species of bamboo this is. Do I keep the stalks for winter interest even if they look dead, or is it critical that I cut them back now? I want to do what’s best for them for the next spring and summer.
by Interesting-Bag-1340
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Looks like a Miscanthus species not bamboo, they will go dormant over the winter and reemerge come spring. Best to prune back 6-12” from the ground as the grass blades will blow all over throughout the winter and leave you a nice scattered mess.