by Sherry Boas | Mar 31, 2015 | new shoots, running bamboo, vivax
It’s spring and that means the running bamboos are shooting! New bamboo culms are emerging at an astonishing rate. Below are three pictures of one particularly beautiful specimen – Phyllostachys vivax huangwenzhu, which we call Green-Gold Vivax Timber...
by Sherry Boas | Apr 15, 2014 | new shoots, running bamboo
I love the way the nodes on some Golden Bamboo canes (Phyllostachys aurea) grow close together forming a natural “handle” that not only looks attractive but also feels like it’s meant to wrap your hand around.Not all the canes, but some, will have a...
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 | Feb 15, 2011 | bamboo questions, cold weather, irrigation, mulch, new shoots, water
A customer from Winter Park, FL wrote to ask about winter watering needs for bamboo: Now that winter is still with us, yet changing into something like Spring over the next few days, should we adjust our winter watering schedule? We have restrictions at this time of...
by Sherry Boas | Oct 21, 2010 | bamboo questions, clumping bamboo, irrigation, landscape, new shoots
Customers often ask if bamboo needs a sunny location or can it grow in shady conditions. We explain that it doesn’t make that much difference if the location is sunny or shady. What is important are the soil and water conditions. Bamboos grow...
by Sherry Boas | Jul 22, 2010 | blue bamboo, clumping bamboo, landscape, new shoots
BLUE TIMBER BAMBOO Bambusa Chungii Can grow 30-35 feet with 2″ diameter canes. Very Hardy A powdery coating on both new and mature canes gives Bambusa chungii the alternative name of White Bamboo Although we call this Blue Timber Bamboo, it is also known as...
