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 ...

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).

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 ...

This patch of clumping bamboo is leaning behind a white-blooming spirea coming out of winter. Q: My husband and I have a natural tree line between us and our new neighbors. We have 41/2 acres, and ...

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?

Bamboo is a beautiful garden addition, but there are some important factors to consider when planting it in your yard ...

If you want to give a touch of beauty to your garden, turn to the East for ideas and add some bamboo. There are hundreds of types, and as many ways to use bamboo to accent your garden. Bamboo looks ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s a bamboo plantation on the outskirts of Adelaide with hectares of bamboo, with up to 20 species, planted to feed two very hungry Giant Pandas who spend their lives sitting around eating bamboo ...