Archive for the ‘Bamboo Basics’ Category

Much of the taxonomy of bamboo has been established by scientist in China, Japan, India, and other eastern countries where bamboo is much more prevalent. Some species may grow for up to 80 years before flowering. Since taxonomist use the flowers to identify most plants, there is some confusion over bamboo names and each year [...]

Glossary of Bamboo Terms Aurea – Golden Arundinaria – bamboo genus distinguished by erect, smooth culms that are round in cross-section. They do not have the groove or “sulcis” of the Phyllostachys genus. Culm sheaths are persistent. Auricle – an earlike growth on culm sheaths Bloom – white deposit on new culms of bamboo. Calamus [...]

2010 was an expecially hard winter here in Alabama. We had one period where it never got above freezing for about a week which is very unusual here in the south. Because of this we lost a lot of plants. I’ve been growing bamboo commercially for about 15 years and that was the first time [...]

  The Book of Bamboo by David Farrelly If you can purchase only one book, this is the one! A journey through the world of bamboo, covering all aspects from growing, to identifying, to utilizing. Probably responsible for turning more people on to bamboo than any other book. Text and lots of drawings, 340 pages. [...]

As a bamboo lover I can’t imagine a better place to live than the southeastern U.S. As we travel around the southeast delivering bamboo or taking vacations I am always on the lookout for bamboo.  We are familiar with most all the southeastern states and I find bamboo all over. Of course some areas seem [...]