Bamboo evokes the image of snacking pandas or serene Asian gardens—or it becomes a nightmare when this fast and aggressively growing plant takes over your yard. Carefully choosing the bamboo variety ...

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) ...

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 ...

The most commonly mentioned feature of bamboos is that they’re part of the grass family. That’s true, but other stereotypes about the family are often wrong – or at least murky. It isn’t surprising: ...

The other day, outside a mall in Jerusalem, I spotted a plant with fine-textured, weepy foliage and thought it must be some kind of bamboo. It turned out not to be a true bamboo, but is commonly ...

Bamboo has a bad reputation. Words often associated with bamboo are aggressive, invasive, overwhelming, and out of control. But please keep reading. It is the ultimate right plant, right place ...

When most people think of Florida, they might think of palm trees, the ocean and citrus. But a new potential crop is growing in popularity for both commercial and recreational plant growers: bamboo.

Could I convince someone to NOT plant bamboo? Though it grows fast, is somewhat attractive, and provides a thick privacy border, it will take over quicker than one can keep up with it. And once we ...