You may believe planting bamboo will create a fast-growing privacy screen from your neighbors or the street. Although that may be true, bamboo has many more downsides. It is not good for fire-adapted ...

It's been called the fastest-growing woody plant on the planet. One species has been clocked racing skyward as much as 4 feet a day. When a bamboo culm, or shoot, pops through the soil, it will soar ...

Q: I have been happily growing a bamboo plant in my apartment for the past two years, watering it well twice a week or more. The base of the plant looks like a bunch of asparagus growing in small ...

Walking around the garden I was astonished by the beauty of grass that was so picturesque backlit by the sun. It was a muhly grass but not the pink cotton candy looking one you admire in the fall.

When someone mentions bamboo, what pops into your mind? Do you think of some impenetrable tropical jungle and the constant buzz of mosquitoes? Or maybe your bamboo kitchen utensils or flooring?

Types Of Bamboo When choosing a bamboo plant, first consider how you want it to look and grow in your space. There are two main categories of bamboo: clumping (pachymorphs) and running (leptomorphs).

With their colourful stems, upright habit and evergreen leaves, bamboos make a striking addition to the garden, bringing structure and movement as they sway in the breeze. However, these statuesque ...

Q: I have been happily growing a bamboo plant in my apartment for the past two years, watering it well twice a week or more. The base of the plant looks like a bunch of asparagus growing in small ...

On Sept. 18, 2009, during the eighth World Bamboo Congress, the participants officially declared Sept. 18 as World Bamboo Day to coincide with a renowned Nobel laureate and India’s former president, ...

In remote corners of Sichuan Province, China, the arrow bamboo is acting strangely. It grows brown and scraggly, with odd grass-like seed heads appearing amidst the foliage. The giant pandas that have ...