Oct 16, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
The botany of bamboo is a vast and diverse world of its own. The Bambusoideae subfamily of grasses includes nearly 100 genera and more than 1,200 species. And to the casual observer, the majority of these grasses look strikingly similar. But if you’re trying to...
Oct 14, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
We tend to associate bamboo with tropical jungles and warmer climates. But there’s actually an enormous variety of bamboo species, more than 1,200 in all, and many of them are native to more temperate latitudes and higher elevations. So even if you’re...
Oct 12, 2020 | Bamboo Species
When people talk about bamboo, they are likely to mention things like Japanese gardens, privacy hedges and giant grasses. But the term Fargesia doesn’t ordinarily come up right away in conversation. It’s the botanical name for a particular genus of bamboo,...
Oct 2, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Products, Bamboo Species
We’ve probably all seen panda bears eating bamboo, at least in pictures or in David Attenborough documentaries. And of course you were moved by what an adorable animal the panda is. But it’s very unlikely that you started craving a nice, thick stalk of...
Sep 19, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
The more you learn about bamboo, the more you come to realize how little you know about bamboo. Like the game of chess, it doesn’t take long to get acquainted, but it can require a lifetime to master. And unlike the sprawling series of Star Wars films available...
Sep 16, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
Most of us who enjoy growing bamboo are aware of two very general types of bamboo: the running bamboos and the clumping bamboos. This is a pretty useful way of categorizing bamboo varieties based on their growth habit. But there is another, higher order of distinction...
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