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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
Greening up the outside dining area at Mellow Mushroom in Jacksonville
Black Running Bamboo in a planter at Mellow Mushroom in Jacksonville, FLYesterday when Tim was delivering bamboo to customers in northeast Florida, he stopped for dinner at Mellow Mushroom along Rt. A1A. Last year, the Jacksonville location of Mellow Mushroom...
Bamboo rainsticks
Rainsticks made out of our homegrown bamboo polesBamboo poles have so many uses but one frequently requested project involves the use of bamboo poles to make rainsticks. A few months ago, Kari, a customer in Kentucky, had that project in mind when she wrote to...
New shoots aplenty in the Vivax grove
A restful spot in the Vivax groveThe Vivax Timber Running Bamboo (Phyllostachys vivax) began sending out new shoots toward the end of February. In the picture above, a small shoot can be seen in front of the right chair. Spring is an exciting time of year...
Peak into the “office” at Beautiful Bamboo
The bamboo gazebo at Beautiful Bamboo After greeting customers who come to Beautiful Bamboo nursery, the first thing we do is head to our outdoor office - a beautiful bamboo gazebo made out of the bamboo poles sold here at the nursery. While sitting beneath the...
The excitement of seeing new shoots emerge
It is exciting to watch new shoots emerge and grow taller day by dayA customer who recently purchased some Vivax Running Bamboos and some Seabreeze Clumping Bamboo sent this email:I was busy most of the weekend so I didn't get out Saturday to check on them. Sunday...
Graceful Bamboo – Bambusa textilis gracilis
Bamboo is an instant gratification plant and even 3- or 7-gallon size bamboos will form a solid wall of green in one growing season if planted in a rich soil that is fertilized and watered regularly. Our son, Toby, stands next to a young clump of Graceful that...
What kind of running bamboo will grow in NY?
Running bamboos like cold climates. They will grow taller and have larger diameter canes if grown in cold climates instead of warm ones. Although this stand of Vivax running bamboo is covered in icicles during the winter of 2009, it wasn't damaged at...
How do I know if I’m watering too much?
Bamboo leaves that are receiving adequate water are flat and openWhile the leaves of the same type of bamboo (in this case, yellow groove running bamboo) getting insufficient water curl inwardI received this email today:We have had our bamboo in the ground for about 3...
Bamboo flutes
People have been making musical instruments out of bamboo for thousands of years. The oldest bamboo flute dates back to 433 BC and was discovered in the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng at the Suizhou site, Hubei province, China. Over the ages, people around the...
Relocating a large clump of Yin-Yang bamboo
Timmy and Ralph relocate a two-year-old Yin-Yang bambooMy office window faces a clay wall that we carved out of a hillside years ago in order to build our house. The wall is not particularly attractive and to hide it we have planted bamboos. A couple days...
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Greening up the outside dining area at Mellow Mushroom in Jacksonville
Black Running Bamboo in a planter at Mellow Mushroom in Jacksonville, FLYesterday when Tim was delivering bamboo to customers in northeast Florida, he stopped for dinner at Mellow Mushroom along Rt. A1A. Last year, the Jacksonville location of Mellow Mushroom...
Bamboo rainsticks
Rainsticks made out of our homegrown bamboo polesBamboo poles have so many uses but one frequently requested project involves the use of bamboo poles to make rainsticks. A few months ago, Kari, a customer in Kentucky, had that project in mind when she wrote to...
New shoots aplenty in the Vivax grove
A restful spot in the Vivax groveThe Vivax Timber Running Bamboo (Phyllostachys vivax) began sending out new shoots toward the end of February. In the picture above, a small shoot can be seen in front of the right chair. Spring is an exciting time of year...
Peak into the “office” at Beautiful Bamboo
The bamboo gazebo at Beautiful Bamboo After greeting customers who come to Beautiful Bamboo nursery, the first thing we do is head to our outdoor office - a beautiful bamboo gazebo made out of the bamboo poles sold here at the nursery. While sitting beneath the...
The excitement of seeing new shoots emerge
It is exciting to watch new shoots emerge and grow taller day by dayA customer who recently purchased some Vivax Running Bamboos and some Seabreeze Clumping Bamboo sent this email:I was busy most of the weekend so I didn't get out Saturday to check on them. Sunday...
Graceful Bamboo – Bambusa textilis gracilis
Bamboo is an instant gratification plant and even 3- or 7-gallon size bamboos will form a solid wall of green in one growing season if planted in a rich soil that is fertilized and watered regularly. Our son, Toby, stands next to a young clump of Graceful that...
What kind of running bamboo will grow in NY?
Running bamboos like cold climates. They will grow taller and have larger diameter canes if grown in cold climates instead of warm ones. Although this stand of Vivax running bamboo is covered in icicles during the winter of 2009, it wasn't damaged at...
How do I know if I’m watering too much?
Bamboo leaves that are receiving adequate water are flat and openWhile the leaves of the same type of bamboo (in this case, yellow groove running bamboo) getting insufficient water curl inwardI received this email today:We have had our bamboo in the ground for about 3...
Bamboo flutes
People have been making musical instruments out of bamboo for thousands of years. The oldest bamboo flute dates back to 433 BC and was discovered in the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng at the Suizhou site, Hubei province, China. Over the ages, people around the...
Relocating a large clump of Yin-Yang bamboo
Timmy and Ralph relocate a two-year-old Yin-Yang bambooMy office window faces a clay wall that we carved out of a hillside years ago in order to build our house. The wall is not particularly attractive and to hide it we have planted bamboos. A couple days...
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