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) ...

Every year, I think about trying new and unique plant materials for our area. Some of them are hardy and some are not, but I ...

The other day, outside a mall in Jerusalem, I spotted a plant with fine-textured, weepy foliage and thought it must be some kind of bamboo. It turned out not to be a true bamboo, but is commonly ...

Bamboo holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest-growing plant, and some species can shoot up to nearly 3 feet in just one day. Its rapid growth rate makes it a favorite for quick privacy fences ...

A shoot of the enigmatic bamboo species henon bamboo which flowers once every 120 years An unusual species of bamboo is about to flower for the first time in over 100 years, which could enable ...