May 19, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
So you’re ready to plant some bamboo, and you want to make a bold statement with it. But finding the optimum species isn’t so easy. When you peruse the species list, the names are hard to pronounce and equally difficult to remember. And recommendations...
May 10, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Products, Bamboo Species
We usually think of bamboo as a giant grass, the fastest-growing plant on earth. And that it is. But there are also dwarf bamboo varieties that make for excellent ground cover, borders and accent pieces. In the Amazonian undergrowth, you can actually find bamboo that...
Apr 20, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening
We admire bamboo for its strength, its resilience, and its tenacious will to live. Not only is it the most useful and versatile plant on earth, it’s also the fastest-growing. Bamboo is beautiful to look at as well, with its tall, elegant culms and its tufts of...
Mar 30, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
When it comes to bamboo trivia, few questions are more frequently asked or more inconclusively debated. How many bamboo species are there? Most authors and experts agree that there are approximately 1,500 species of bamboo. Occasionally, you may come across a claim...
Mar 23, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
Choosing the best bamboo can be a serious challenge. For the beginner, the vast array of bamboo options may be overwhelming. Indeed, authors and botanists have recorded more than 1,400 species and cultivars. Luckily, even a bamboo specialty nursery is unlikely to have...
