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 29, 2011 | bamboo questions, creating hedge, hedge
Gerry, a customer from Islamorada, FL wrote to say:The hedge bamboo we bought from you is doing great. There are lots of new shoots coming out of the ground and it’s getting tall with a lot of full growth on the upper third of the stem. Is it OK to...
by Sherry Boas | Mar 16, 2011 | bamboo creations, bamboo questions, poles
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...
by Sherry Boas | Mar 3, 2011 | bamboo questions, creating hedge, running bamboo, transplanting
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...
by Sherry Boas | Feb 28, 2011 | bamboo questions, irrigation, water
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...
by Sherry Boas | Feb 20, 2011 | bamboo questions, landscape, running bamboo
A customer who bought bamboo from us in January recently went to a local flea market where she purchased a container of bamboo from someone who couldn’t say what kind of bamboo it was. The customer then sent us the following picture of the bamboo along...
