Jan 14, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
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...
Dec 29, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Green Living
These days, it seems, we could all use a little more Zen access in our lives. And what better place to enjoy a moment of Zen than in a well-kept Japanese garden? The process of creating and maintaining a Japanese garden can be just as satisfying, if not more so, as...
Dec 24, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Green Living
When looking for bamboo, your first instinct is probably not to head for the hills. But there is a surprising variety of bamboos which are native to the mountains of both Africa and Asia. As the name should tell you, the genus Himalayacalamus comes from the same great...
Dec 22, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Green Living
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...
Dec 15, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
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...
Dec 10, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
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...
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