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As an alternative to cotton, bamboo requires little or no chemical fertilizers or pesticides.

Moreover, bamboo fabric is deliciously soft, remarkably breathable and anti-microbial.  

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Running bamboo: Why must you run?

Running bamboo: Why must you run?

Bamboo has a well-deserved reputation for being one of the fastest-growing plants on earth. Indeed, some tropical varieties can grow more than a meter a day in the growing season. Pull up a cozy chair and you can actually watch it grow. Running bamboo has earned a...

Phyllostachys ‘Henon’: Giant Gray Bamboo

Phyllostachys ‘Henon’: Giant Gray Bamboo

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 like giant...

Dwarf Bamboos and Groundcovers

Dwarf Bamboos and Groundcovers

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...