Oct 19, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
Bamboo comprises an astonishing family of flowering grasses with nearly 2,000 species and cultivars in total. Some timber bamboo varieties are enormous, over 100 feet tall and a foot in diameter. Other dwarf and ground cover species thrive under the lower canopy of...
Sep 28, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
Accurately identifying a bamboo species can be one of the greatest challenges in the field of botany or gardening. Almost everyone can recognize bamboo when they see it, but not everyone realizes how many species there are to choose from. (Around 1,500.) And when you...
Aug 17, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
Black bamboo is one of the most sought-after and visually striking types of bamboo. But despite the name, there isn’t just one “black bamboo.” The species most commonly known as black bamboo is Phyllostachys nigra, a cold-hardy, running bamboo native to China....
