Plant the right bamboo and you can create an attractive privacy screen in your yard. Plant the wrong one and you can have a nightmare on your hands. Among the more than 1,400 species of bamboo, some ...

Worldwide, there are approximately 1,500 bamboo species found from tropical regions to the snowline of the Andes. Bamboos (subfamily Bambusoideae) are among the broad-leaved grasses (Poaceae) ...

Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo): This is popular because of its black canes (culms). New culms emerge green, but thoroughly fade to jet black within the first year or two. Grows 4.6 to 7.6 m, 15 to ...

Every year on September 18, the world comes together to celebrate World Bamboo Day. This day is commemorated to increase awareness of the importance of bamboo in sustainable development and its many ...

What do you do for privacy when a three storey home suddenly goes up beside you? James Clever and his wife went to an American Bamboo Society meeting, researched some of the over 1000 different types ...