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Bamboo etymology: When rhizomes pose an epic risk
If you tell your neighbor you're planting a grove of bamboo in your backyard, be prepared for a variety of responses. Maybe they love bamboo as much as I do, and they'll want to slap you a high five. But maybe they're terrified by bamboo's famously spreading rhizomes,...
10 More clumping bamboo species
Based on the flourishing popularity of our recent post on clumping bamboo species, we decided it would be a great idea to do a follow-up. Bamboo has something of a lousy reputation in a lot of gardening circles. However, as with most cases of prejudice, bamboo's...
Best Bamboo Bedding for quality and price
The average person spends about one third of their life in bed. That's around 20 to 30 years in most cases. But I'm not suggesting that you are an average person. Like most of our readers, you're probably very well-informed and have exceptionally good taste. Which is...
Exotic Bamboo Wildlife: Bamboo sharks
Bamboo is a woody grass with more than 1,400 species growing naturally on five continents. It has been flourishing in a wide range of habitats since the late Cretaceous period, roughly 100-66 million years ago. So that makes bamboo as old as the dinosaurs. Only a few...
Dig a trench for a bamboo barrier
When it comes to growing bamboo, one of the chief concerns is how to contain or control it. Bamboo has a reputation for being unusually fast-spreading and difficult to remove. In fact, this is only true for certain species of bamboo. But if you plant a type of running...
Bamboo as a pioneer species
Thanks to its strength, resilience and versatility, bamboo has earned a reputation as one of the world's most remarkable resources. It seems there's almost nothing bamboo can't do. You can eat it, you can wear it, you can build a house and you can fuel a car with it....