Mention landscaping with bamboo and you will likely get chided for using an invasive plant. Contrary to popular belief, not all bamboos fall into this invasive category. There are running and clumping ...

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Q: Is it true that clumping bamboo doesn’t run and will make a great, low-maintenance privacy screen? A: It goes without saying that clumping bamboos are definitely better behaved and lower ...

When choosing a bamboo variety, make sure you've chosen a variety suited to Kansas' landscape. Bamboo adds an exotic look to the landscape that is unrivaled, but most species are poor choices for the ...

The world’s fastest-growing plant is a perennial grass and you can eat it, wear it and build with it. This remarkable, versatile plant is bamboo. Mistakenly, many homeowners do not consider planting ...

When we think of beautiful gardens, we think of colorful flowers. But it's greenery that gives a landscape form and substance. And with our gradually shrinking places and close neighbors, a tall green ...

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 ...

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 ...

: I was told by a bamboo supplier that there is a type of bamboo that can be successfully cultivated in the desert southwest. Unfortunately, I have lost the information he gave me. I understand that ...

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) ...