by Sherry Boas | Apr 18, 2010 | bamboo questions, clumping bamboo, fertilizing, mulch, transplanting, water
A customer from the Orlando area who recently purchased and installed several Blue Timber (Bambusa chungii) clumping bamboos wrote with a few questions:Hi Sherry, How are you? I hope this finds you doing well. I am writing to ask some specific...
by Sherry Boas | Apr 17, 2010 | bamboo questions, before and after, clumping bamboo, running bamboo
Ralph is standing next to a young shoot of Vivax running bamboo. The picture was taken on March 29th when the new shoot was less than a week old. Pay special attention to the smaller yellow-colored cane in the foreground (next to Ralph’s left foot)...
by Sherry Boas | Apr 15, 2010 | birds, wildlife
I was helping customers in the nursery yesterday afternoon when a sudden noise caught my attention. I turned toward the loud thud to see what it was and noticed about 200 cedar waxwings perched on the bare canes on top of a stand of cold-damaged Angel Mist...
by Sherry Boas | Apr 14, 2010 | wildlife
When I went out to the nursery this afternoon, I noticed a tiny green tree frog, Hyla cinerea, hiding between two upright poles in the gazebo. I love little green tree frogs. They’re the frogs that make that big noise at nighttime. Click here...
by Sherry Boas | Apr 13, 2010 | arbor, chuppah, poles, wedding, wedding arbor
This wedding arbor was built by Shea Hopely Flowers in Jacksonville, FL for use at beach weddings. The bamboo poles were our Domestically Grown Designer Quality poles in 3″ x 8′ lengths cut down to a height of 7′ 5″. Shorter length...
