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Tropical bamboo for Florida and the Deep South
When you select a species of bamboo for your landscape, one of the most important criteria is always going to be the climate. Most gardeners who want to grow bamboo in North America will look for temperate varieties. There are, after all, dozens if not hundreds of...
Bamboo, Pandas and Endangered Species
One of the first things we think of when we think about bamboo is the adorable, black and white, national mascot of China. The giant panda is an iconic creature who famously lives on a diet of bamboo. Pandas are also well known as the symbol of the World Wildlife...
Bamboo in Hawaii: Polynesian profusion
Welcome to Hawaii, the Land of Aloha, with never-ending rainbows and drinks with little umbrellas as far as the eye can see. This tropical wonderland is something of a paradise for plant lovers, with growing conditions found nowhere else in the 50 states. Hawaii is...
Genus Otatea: Mexican Weeping Bamboo
Charming Mexico, famous for Mayan pyramids, flourishing cacti and dizzying tequila. And somewhere between Chichen Itza and Margaritavilla, you can also find North America's greatest selection of indigenous bamboo species. Of the five continents with native bamboo,...
Bamboo in Africa: A green bounty
Pyramids, diamond mines and safaris through the Serengeti, just a few things that come to mind when we think of Africa. And somewhere, near the bottom of a very long list, we might encounter bamboo. But Africa, a continent shrouded in mystery, is actually home to a...
2020 Bamboo Gift Guide
There's a fun song we've been singing with our kids recently to help them learn the months of the year. Even if you're well beyond the point of learning the months, you might still want to sing along. Cue the famous marching melody, and it goes like this: January,...