Jun 16, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Bambu Batu
As a bamboo lover, habitual traveler, and digital nomad, there are few things I enjoy more than a long journey to an exotic bamboo grove. Travel restrictions related to COVID have made these excursions pretty difficult of late, but not impossible. Last month I had the...
May 26, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
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...
May 19, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
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...
May 10, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Products, Bamboo Species
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...
Mar 30, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
When it comes to bamboo trivia, few questions are more frequently asked or more inconclusively debated. How many bamboo species are there? Most authors and experts agree that there are approximately 1,500 species of bamboo. Occasionally, you may come across a claim...
Mar 23, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
Choosing the best bamboo can be a serious challenge. For the beginner, the vast array of bamboo options may be overwhelming. Indeed, authors and botanists have recorded more than 1,400 species and cultivars. Luckily, even a bamboo specialty nursery is unlikely to have...
