Island Bamboo

Over 15 new Semiarundinaria Okuboi shoots make their way through the soil. Prolific shooting of this nature can be attributed to both a healthy plant but also to a rich soil mixture. Careful consideration given to a well balanced soil mix will yield impressive results!!

Following a great deal of hard work and sweat, an impressive 15 foot rhizome from a Phyllostachys Aurea was dug up to prevent it moving into a neighbour’s yard. All running bamboo species, including the Phyllostachys, must be planted with careful thought and planning. If a landscaping area will not allow for bamboo to grow naturally then a rhizome barrier or other containment option should be employed to avoid problems such as this.

Using the car as a scale, one can see the impressive heights attained by a bamboo grove that I visited in Washington State.

A new shipment of bamboo has arrived and now my backyard looks like a jungle!!

Early morning dew drops hang like Christmas ornaments on new shoots of bamboo.

Two large, healthy shoots from a 2 gal. Phyllostachys Nigra reach for sunlight.

The beautiful colors of new branches from a Phyllostachys Bambusoides Castillon.

Even the mightiest bamboo have to start somewhere.

The amazing lemon-raspberry colours of new Phyllostachys Aureosulcata Aureocaulis shoots.

The beautiful and delicate foliage of the shade loving Thamnocalamus Crassinodus.

A barrel of colour. (Pleioblastus Viridistriatus)

An amazing shooting explosion from a well nourished Phyllostachys Aureosulcata Aureocaulis.