Sasa Palmata Thrives in the shade Cold-hardy to -10 degrees Reaches heights to about 8 feet Not as invasive as other types of bamboo, so no need for a barrier Provides privacy and covers a lot of ground in otherwise hard to plant areas Pseudosasa Japonica Producing tight clumps of slender culms, forming a dense…

1). Bamboo grows one-third faster than the fastest growing tree. Some species of bamboo can grow up to three feet per day. Sizes can range from miniature to culms of 180 feet. 2). Bamboo is ready for harvesting in 3 to 5 years, compared to the almost 100 years it can take for maple, oak,…

Most people think that Bamboo is invasive! They believe it’ll take over the whole yard! Not true! The photographs above depict both sides of the same hedge. There is no containment barrier on either side. The home-owner on the left merely mows his lawn, while the guy on the right just breaks off the new shoots every…

Many of Bamboo Bob’s clients are looking to screen out something they would rather not see. For this capacity we tend to recommend P. aureosulcata (Yellow Groove), P. nuda, P. bissetti or P. vivax (the P. stands for Phyllostachys). Of these three, Yellow Groove, bissetti and nuda are the top contenders because they grow to…

Bamboo has gotten a bad rap as an invasive species of plants. We prefer to call its growth “prolific”. Like anything else, it will thrive in certain conditions and won’t do well in others. There are two types of bamboo: running and clumping (leptomorph and pachymorph). There are more than 2,400 different species of bamboo,…