by Sherry Boas | Jun 20, 2013 | asian lemon, blue bamboo, clumping bamboo, new shoots, seabreeze
Bamboo grows quickly especially when weather is hot and wet.Bamboo in the background…wind chimes in the foreground…rain all aroundWe’ve recently had both at our Central Florida homestead and our many clumping bamboo plants have responded to the rain...
by Sherry Boas | Jun 2, 2013 | bamboo shoots, edible bamboo
Malory and Tim had a wonderful day May 22nd when Beautiful Bamboo attended the Manatee Rare Fruit Council’s 25th Annual Rare Fruit Tree Sale. We were invited by MRFC to enhance the variety of edible plants available with the addition of bamboo. It was a...
by Sherry Boas | Jun 2, 2013 | wildlife
It’s true. I do love bamboo! I also love all the wildlife I see in and around our many bamboo-covered acres. Below are a few of my favorite photos of animals – large and small – taking advantage of Beautiful Bamboo.Blue dragonfly on...
by Sherry Boas | Jul 29, 2012 | bamboo questions, clumping bamboo, controlling bamboo, creating hedge, graceful
A customer who planted a hedge of Graceful Clumping Bamboo along his property line several years ago recently wrote with the following question: Our clumping bamboo is growing really well, but starting to hang into our neighbors yard, should I cut the...
by Sherry Boas | Jun 7, 2012 | clumping bamboo, hedge
Two lovely hedges of clumping bamboosSome of the best bamboos for creating dense living walls of green are in the Bambusa multiplex family of clumping bamboos. Bambusa multiplex alphonse karr (Golden Hedge), Bambusa multiplex golden goddess (Golden Goddess) and...
