asacomm

Erlend!

The answer is yes/or/no. It depends on the location where it is planted.
Where it is cold and dry in the northern parts of Japan, stem would die
down, and a new start begins next spring. but even though it is cold, where
it snows and lies and is rather wet, it could keep green due to the protection
by snow cover.
In my place of zone 9, pseudostem stands up with leaves and petioles dried
up.

Stan