Need a natural bamboo screen to create privacy and beauty? Or an ornamental bamboo highlight that draws your eye and uplifts your Soul? We have the bamboo and the expertise to help you create your own bamboo sanctuary! This selection of sale bamboos is great for the...
Privacy Solution for Small Spaces: Bamboo in Containers for Your Home Sanctuary Bamboo is the perfect plant for visual privacy screens and evergreen hedges. It is fast growing, lush, and can grow relatively tall in a small footprint. It also serves as a sound barrier,...
AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR BAMBOO Making sure your bamboo gets adequate water will ensure that your bamboo has what it needs to not only survive, but thrive! Please refer to our other documents and care instructions regarding bamboo water needs. After...
Keeping your Bamboo Fire Safe in Wildland/Urban Interfaces As climate change makes wildfire disasters more common in California, particularly in wildland/urban interfaces, it is more important than ever to mitigate fire danger in your landscape. With bamboo,...
< Back to Choosing Your Bamboo There are a few bamboos that are more suited to highly windy conditions. While they may never look pristine (windburn and brown tipped leaves are common), these bamboos, if given enough space and water, will effectively serve as a...
< Back to Choosing Your Bamboo Salt Air Tolerant/Coastal Areas Fargesia sp. ‘Scabrida’ – FAS $100.00 – $200.00 Semiarundinaria fastuosa var. viridis – SEFV $25.00 – $175.00 Semiarundinaria okuboi – SEO...
Learn About Bamboo Glossary of Terms Culm A cane/stem which is hollow except at the nodes, as are the bamboo canes. Diaphragm The rigid membrane which forms the partition within the nodes, adding strength to the cane. Internode Portion of the culm or cane between...
Learn About Bamboo Bamboo is one of earth’s most useful and diverse plants…read below to discover some interesting facts you may not have heard of! Helps Reverse Global Warming: Incredible and true, bamboo produces the MOST OXYGEN of all the plants!...
Learn About Bamboo There are two main types of bamboo: Noninvasive clumping bamboos (sympodial or pachymorph) have short roots and form discrete clumps. There are also a few species of clumpers which have slightly longer roots (6-18″), and we refer to these as...
Learn About Bamboo How Bamboo Grows Bamboo grows in fits and starts. For much of the year nothing much appears to be happening, and then in one brief season they explode with growth. During the late summer, fall and early winter most temperate species manufacture and...
Learn About Bamboo Troubleshooting ,While we at Bamboo Sourcery are bamboo lovers, we recognize that occasionally there arises the need or desire to reduce or remove entirely a clump or a stand of bamboo. Unfortunately, this often occurs due to inadequate or...
Learn About Bamboo Troubleshooting Pests Bamboo doesn’t have many pests, but the pests they do have can be unsightly, if not a serious problem, unless some simple steps are taken. Gophers and Other Rodents: In Northern California we have an abundance of gophers and...
Learn About Bamboo PLANTING & CARE Rhizome Barrier Installation Instructions Please read and follow these directions carefully. Although installing root barrier takes a bit of work, if done correctly it will require very minimal maintenance and reward you with...
Learn About Bamboo PLANTING & CARE To understand why runners must be contained, and the difference between runners and clumpers, see our Clumping vs Running Bamboos page. Runners: Runners should generally be contained if on a property line or in a small yard, even...
Learn About Bamboo PLANTING & CARE Fertilizers for Bamboo At planting and again quarterly thereafter, you will want to supplement your soil fertility. Please see the below guidelines and contact us with any questions. We sell the chemical and organic fertilizers...
Learn About Bamboo PLANTING & CARE Pruning & Trimming Bamboo Pruning bamboo is easy, and usually only needs to be done once a year. But there are some tricks of the trade, and you may not have thought about how a little pruning can create a number of desired...
Learn About Bamboo PLANTING & CARE Watering Bamboo First and foremost, keep your bamboo well watered. Bamboo likes plenty of deep watering – soaking down to at least 8-12 inches – and also good drainage. If you are keeping your plants in containers, or unable to...
Learn About Bamboo PLANTING & CARE Most bamboos grow best in deep, well-drained, fertile soils, and they generally prefer neutral to slightly acid soils. If your soil is deficient, the extra time and expense of improving it is usually well worth the effort,...
Learn About Bamboo PLANTING & CARE Although there are no hard and fast rules about planting bamboo, we offer the following guidelines: Bamboos grow best in rich, moist, well-drained soils. Often the addition of compost or other additives is beneficial (see section...
Learn About Bamboo Bamboo for Specific Uses Open Groves Open groves create the classic bamboo “look” that comes to mind when most people think of bamboo. Be aware that only running type bamboos can create this effect (clumping bamboos are much too...
Learn About Bamboo Bamboo for Specific Uses Dwarfs, Ground Covers & Short Hedges When most people think about bamboo, they imagine groves of towering timber bamboo, but there is an astounding array of shorter bamboos, including dwarfs and ground covers. In fact,...
Learn About Bamboo Bamboo for Specific Uses Erosion Control, Land Restoration & Other Ecological Uses Bamboos have many important ecological roles in the native environments in which they have evolved. In addition, people around the world (and thoughout history!)...
Learn About Bamboo Bamboo for Specific Uses Bamboo shoots are crisp, tender, and have a mild, corn-like taste. They’re low in fat and high in fiber and potassium. The shoots of most temperate bamboos are edible, but some are naturally sweeter (and larger) than...
Learn About Bamboo Bamboo for Specific Uses Bamboos can sometimes be successfully and beautifully grown indoors, but only if you have a very green thumb and can give them adequate light, humidity, moving fresh air, and attentive observation and care. Also, because...
