Aug 25, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
There’s a new bamboo species on the scene. And it’s not quite like anything we’ve seen before. It’s called triple hybrid bamboo, and it’s something of a triumph of horticultural ingenuity. It might be also a harbinger of more incredible...
Aug 4, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Worldwide
The U.S. state of Georgia is about as deep as you can go in the Deep South. It’s famous for peaches and peanut farms, as well as Martin Luther King Jr. and General Sherman’s infamous March to the Sea. There may be a few other associations you have with the...
Jul 26, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Featured Posts
Not all bamboo spreads the same way, and choosing the wrong type can cause serious headaches. There are more than 1500 varieties of bamboo, but the most important distinction in bamboo is between running and clumping varieties. Running bamboo spreads quickly through...
Jul 19, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Green Living, Worldwide
You can find native species of bamboo growing on every continent in the world, except for Europe and, of course, Antarctica. But if you’re in Europe and you’re interested in growing bamboo, there’s no need to worry. Botanists and collectors started...
Jun 30, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Green Living, Worldwide
If you’re heading off on a round-the-world tour of bamboo destinations, Costa Rica might not be the first place on your list. You’d probably be more interested in going to China, Bali and even Colombia. But this narrow strip if Central America is well...
Jun 16, 2021 | Agriculture & Gardening, 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...
