It was huge! Filled my wheelbarrow, was about 9 or 10 in. thick, and must have had 25 culms, trimmed at ground level, with roots sticking out everywhere. The dirt was still damp enough that there might be viable roots in the mass, so I brought it home, dug a nice hole, packed it in wet compost, and kept it soaked for a few days. That was on about May 10 or so. The clump now has seven tiny shoots and some shoot-like things coming from the root areas of some of the brutalized culms.
Photo with shoots:
Photo of shoot-like things:
I am keeping it well-watered and will document it's progress, keeping notes and occasional photos. I'll try to get a photo of the parent grove so some of you can help me decide if this in fact Alphonze Karr....[/i]
if things go to plan I'll be digging it up in two years 
for another two year stay in the greenhouse before planting out again...roll on GW....
, I think were 8b rather than 6. Not bad considering were at lat 52, sort of mid Canada for you guys 
we normally drop to around -6/-8 c in the average winter, and that'll be in dead calm, we never get sub zero winds that the 'boos really seem to hate. 
