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A Message from Sherry
Ralph and I feel very fortunate to have Jennifer helping us at Beautiful Bamboo. She's the person you'll meet when you visit, call or email the nursery. Let Jennifer show you around and answer your questions about which bamboo would best meet your landscaping or bamboo project needs.
Like us on Facebook where you'll find more information and photos about bamboo!
Sherry’s Second Book
Peaking through groves of bamboo
Yesterday on a walk around the lake, Ralph snapped these photos of me posing with the 'boo. Above and below I'm standing in a grove of Vivax Timber Running Bamboo (Phyllostachys vivax). Vivax is one of my favorite running bamboos because it forms...
Vivax Running Bamboo – New shoots emering!
It's always so exciting when Vivax running bamboo begins to shoot. The young canes emerge with such promise of beauty and strength. ... See my Tabblo>
Catbird in the bamboo nursery
The other day I was helping a customer select a number of Alphonse karr bamboos in the nursery when a pretty gray catbird fluttered by. The surprisingly bold bird was not bothered by my presence and let me shoot several pictures before he (she?) decided to fly off to...
Filling a minivan with bamboo
Customers often wonder how many bamboo plants they can take home in their cars. Today a customer visited the nursery to purchase and pick up 8 plants in 7-gal containers. The bamboos all had multiple canes and stood between 8' and 12' tall. We had no...
Vivax sending up new shoots in February
Two new 2" diameter Vivax shoots have just emerged! Vivax is a large-caned running bamboo and, like all runners, it sends up its new shoots earlier in the season than clumping bamboos. But in February??? Not normally. Yet the Vivax...
Some bamboo questions
A visitor to Beautiful Bamboo's Facebook page asked:I have some bamboo questions. I live in New Jersey. I would like to purchase some bamboo plants to hide my fence. I would like it to be tall about 8 to 10ft. I need to know the best place to purchase and the going...
A wedding chuppah constructed from Beautiful Bamboo poles
I just received this letter and photo from customers in Maine who purchased several of our 2" domestically grown Designer Quality Polished Bamboo Poles for a wedding chuppah. Building chuppahs or wedding arbors is one of the most popular uses for bamboo...
The earliest “shooter” – Bambusa chungii barbellata – “baby blue”
New shoots in Baby Blue come out at an angle curving upward as they grow to form what ultimately looks like a coffee mug shaped plant.It's amazing that baby blue is sending out new shoots in February. All of our other clumping bamboos wait until the weather warms up...
Seabreeze Bamboo – Before and After Pictures
A customer from San Antonio, FL needed to block the view of the road from his house so he planted a line of several Seabreeze bamboos alongside the road. Below are photos to show how quickly clumping bamboos can change a landscape and accomplish the goal of providing...
Using bamboo poles for interior decor
A customer from NC, Lexington Home Brand, used our 2” x 8’ polished black poles in a recent home show display.Customers often ask, "Which bamboo poles should I use in a large vase inside my house?" The answer is, "There isn't just one kind." All of our bamboo poles –...
Search this Blog:
Peaking through groves of bamboo
Yesterday on a walk around the lake, Ralph snapped these photos of me posing with the 'boo. Above and below I'm standing in a grove of Vivax Timber Running Bamboo (Phyllostachys vivax). Vivax is one of my favorite running bamboos because it forms...
Vivax Running Bamboo – New shoots emering!
It's always so exciting when Vivax running bamboo begins to shoot. The young canes emerge with such promise of beauty and strength. ... See my Tabblo>
Catbird in the bamboo nursery
The other day I was helping a customer select a number of Alphonse karr bamboos in the nursery when a pretty gray catbird fluttered by. The surprisingly bold bird was not bothered by my presence and let me shoot several pictures before he (she?) decided to fly off to...
Filling a minivan with bamboo
Customers often wonder how many bamboo plants they can take home in their cars. Today a customer visited the nursery to purchase and pick up 8 plants in 7-gal containers. The bamboos all had multiple canes and stood between 8' and 12' tall. We had no...
Vivax sending up new shoots in February
Two new 2" diameter Vivax shoots have just emerged! Vivax is a large-caned running bamboo and, like all runners, it sends up its new shoots earlier in the season than clumping bamboos. But in February??? Not normally. Yet the Vivax...
Some bamboo questions
A visitor to Beautiful Bamboo's Facebook page asked:I have some bamboo questions. I live in New Jersey. I would like to purchase some bamboo plants to hide my fence. I would like it to be tall about 8 to 10ft. I need to know the best place to purchase and the going...
A wedding chuppah constructed from Beautiful Bamboo poles
I just received this letter and photo from customers in Maine who purchased several of our 2" domestically grown Designer Quality Polished Bamboo Poles for a wedding chuppah. Building chuppahs or wedding arbors is one of the most popular uses for bamboo...
The earliest “shooter” – Bambusa chungii barbellata – “baby blue”
New shoots in Baby Blue come out at an angle curving upward as they grow to form what ultimately looks like a coffee mug shaped plant.It's amazing that baby blue is sending out new shoots in February. All of our other clumping bamboos wait until the weather warms up...
Seabreeze Bamboo – Before and After Pictures
A customer from San Antonio, FL needed to block the view of the road from his house so he planted a line of several Seabreeze bamboos alongside the road. Below are photos to show how quickly clumping bamboos can change a landscape and accomplish the goal of providing...
Using bamboo poles for interior decor
A customer from NC, Lexington Home Brand, used our 2” x 8’ polished black poles in a recent home show display.Customers often ask, "Which bamboo poles should I use in a large vase inside my house?" The answer is, "There isn't just one kind." All of our bamboo poles –...
A Message from Sherry
Ralph and I feel very fortunate to have Jennifer helping us at Beautiful Bamboo. She's the person you'll meet when you visit, call or email the nursery. Let Jennifer show you around and answer your questions about which bamboo would best meet your landscaping or bamboo project needs.
Like us on Facebook where you'll find more information and photos about bamboo!
Sherry’s Second Book