Dec 22, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Green Living, Worldwide
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, Worldwide
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...
Nov 18, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Worldwide
There’s something magical and otherworldly about a thriving grove of bamboo. Surround yourself with this dazzling grass, and it has a way of transporting you to another time and place. Bamboo has an exotic feeling, and a connection with the far-flung corners of...
Oct 26, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
Trying to learn every variety of bamboo can be a bit like memorizing every bone in the human body. While there’s only 206 bones in an adult, the number of bamboo species is something in the neighborhood of 1,400, divided into roughly 100 genera. Botanists...
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...
