by Sherry Boas | Sep 30, 2008 | bamboo, bamboo questions, gardening, transplanting
A customer recently wrote:We purchased some bamboo from you last year. We have a quick question aboutGIANT TIMBER BAMBOO (Bambusa oldhamii). How big can we expect the diameter of the clump to get. Just want to make sure we have it in a large enough area. The Blue,...
by Sherry Boas | Aug 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
A customer recently wrote:”My husband and I were at your farm last winter and bought about 12 bamboo plants from you. They are all doing well, but I’ve notice on two of the clumps there are black areas around the base of the leaves where they grow out of...
by Sherry Boas | Feb 14, 2007 | running bamboo
LITTLE RED RUNNING ‘BOOPeople often ask how running bamboo grows. Since roots, by their very nature, are under the ground, they are not easily seen and difficult to imagine. But recently some red bamboo (Semiarundinaria fastuosa) appeared in a section of our...
by Sherry Boas | Feb 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
EARLY SPRINGAlthough it is only the start of February, many of the running bamboos have already begun to send up new shoots. The warm winter seems to have fooled the plants into thinking it’s spring. Normally bamboos don’t send up their new shoots until...
by Sherry Boas | Sep 3, 2006 | Uncategorized
POETRY IN MOTION While the hot, rainy weather this August may have caused all but the most diehard Floridians to seek refuge in air-conditioned rooms, the bamboos loved as much heat and humidity as they could absorb. Ralph kneels beside two emerging shoots of vivax, a...
