Giant Bamboo

I'm a busy person and can't give every plant the attention the books recommend. Here's what I've learned about the minimum viable care for Giant Bamboo. removing the oldest and most congested canes each spring is genuinely non-negotiable — skip this and the plant declines noticeably. Everything els…

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…

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…