by Sherry Boas | Apr 3, 2009 | bamboo, gardening, hedge, landscape
The three Seabreeze clumping bamboos above were planted 5′ apart in May 2008 from 3-gal size plants. The hedge is now approximately 14′ tall. When the bamboos were first planted in May, each plant was about 6′ tall and only had one cane. When they...
by Sherry Boas | Apr 3, 2009 | bamboo, fertilizing, gardening, mulch, water
A customer in Orlando asks:I’ve been reluctant to put down a lot of pine bark so as not to interfere with new canes coming up. Am I being too careful? Inasmuch as I planted the bamboo November 1, am I being too careful in waiting til May 1 to apply Dynamite again? I...
by Sherry Boas | Apr 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
A customer writes: Hi Sherry, Back in the fall my husband and I purchased four clumping bamboo plants. We bought two green and two yellow thin stalk kinds that are supposed to grow about 20-30 feet. You said that by the end of the summer we will have our beautiful...
by Sherry Boas | Mar 30, 2009 | controlling bamboo, running bamboo
A visitor to our website writes:A neighbor has planted a running bamboo along our property line. Is there any way to stop it from coming into my yard?My answer:You can control your neighbor’s running bamboo in several ways: A) mow down young shoots that spread...
by Sherry Boas | Mar 12, 2009 | bamboo questions
A visitor to our website writes:Hi Sherry, I live in Lakeland, Florida and have really enjoyed viewing your web site. Your photo pages are very helpful in trying to determine what varieties I’ve been growing. I have about 10 clumps of what I believe is “Golden Hedge”...
