Feb 5, 2024 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Featured Posts
The botany of bamboo is a vast and diverse world of its own. The Bambusoideae subfamily of grasses includes nearly 100 genera and more than 1,200 species. And to the casual observer, the majority of these grasses look strikingly similar. But if you’re trying to...
Dec 9, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
If you want to plant some giant timber bamboo, but you don’t live in the tropics (or subtropics), Phyllostachys vivax might be your best choice. Tall, thick, golden-green, and full of leaves, Vivax has just about everything that most bamboo lovers are looking...
Nov 14, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
For those of us who don’t live in a bamboo haven like Thailand, Brazil, or somewhere else near the equator, the genus Phyllostachys is the group of bamboo we are most familiar with. This category of cold-hardy, running bamboo includes species like Moso, perhaps...
