Bamboo is perfect for bringing a jungle-like vibe to a backyard with its lush foliage and vibrant canes that gently sway in the breeze. And, it's easy to grow – in fact, in some cases, a little too ...

Bamboo does offer many benefits in the backyard, with its statement leafy and structural stems looking highly attractive and capable of being grown as a screen to give added privacy in a space. While ...

Henon bamboo, a species that blooms every 120 years, faces an uncertain future after a massive flowering and the death of its ...

ALBANY, Ore. — From a young age, Dain Sansome was interested in bamboo. The owner of Bamboo Valley in Albany, Ore., Sansome fell in love with Asian themes, such as martial arts, Japanese gardens and ...

If you’re lucky enough to own lucky bamboo, it’s important to do everything in your power to not only keep it alive, but also thriving. After all, the braided and spiraled plant is said to bring ...

What if your neighbor puts an ugly shed on your shared property line? Or - as is increasingly common in parts of Houston - what if the one-story house next to you disappears and a multistory dwelling ...

After a year of traveling in the South Pacific, Susan Ruskin and Peter Berg decided they did not want to return to the mainland and their former jobs and way of life. They had become interested in the ...

GOLD BEACH, Ore. — When he was a high school student in Japan, Gib Cooper was impressed by the landscaping in that country and the significant role bamboo played in providing a clean, neat look. So a ...

With a master’s degree in anthropology and a full-time job as a travel writer and editor for a media company, Mark Sanders started hawking bamboo out of his Upper 9th Ward backyard in 2015 to burn off ...