Giant Bamboo

I planted Giant Bamboo without expecting much and it's become one of the most satisfying things in my garden. exceptional tensile strength in the cane structure is something I couldn't have predicted from looking at it in a nursery. You only understand it once the plant is established and performing…

I want to be honest: I'm not getting great results with Giant Bamboo and I'm not entirely sure why. die-back after mass flowering which occurs once per lifetime has been a recurring problem despite my attempts to address it. I've been focusing on removing the oldest and most congested canes each spr…

I planted Giant Bamboo primarily for ornamental reasons. What I didn't anticipate was the wildlife it would attract. beautiful sound of canes moving in wind seems to be particularly appealing to bees and butterflies during the main growing period. I grow it in a windbreak planting in an exposed pos…