Bamboo,Horticultural Consultants, Grant Stephenson
Last week I consulted with my friend Grant Stephenson, owner of Horticultural Consultants in Houston, Texas and one of the country’s most knowledgable persons on bamboo. Grant always teaches me something when I visit him. Last week he taught me about Aluminim Amonian Sulfate powder for when you are dividing bamboo. It helps seal off the wound so the plant will not get infected.
DID YOU KNOW?
Bamboo is the fastest growing plant and it also occuppies the same ecological niche as that of trees. It is also a woody plant of the grass family and it grows just like a grass.
Starting from a small size, most bamboos will reach mature height within five or six years. Generally, Clumping bamboo gain about 1-2 feet of height per year, and the Running types grow about 3-5 feet per year, and spread outward at the same rate. Height and spread rate is variable depending on the species and climate. There are about 1,000 species of bamboos.
Bamboo can provide many aesthetic and functional purposes to help you create the perfect landscape. Jenscapes likes to plant a screen of fast-growing bamboo to cover an offending view or to coverup a bothersome noise. I like to call it an “animated fence” that remains evergreen and exotic-looking year-round. The sound of bamboo leaves rustling against each other will win your heart.
Below are some pictures from Horticultural Consulants.
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