September 18th, 2008
We installed an entire new demonstration garden dedicated to running bamboos. The site has 14 beds, each planted with different species and surrounded with rhizome barrier. This running bamboo garden will be used to illustrate the ease of installing the barrier while adding to our already awesome collection of mature in ground specimens. As most of you bamboo lovers have learned, there’s a BIG difference between looking at pictures of mature bamboo and seeing, hearing and feeling the real deal! Please stop in for a personal tour if you are in the area.
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September 15th, 2008
Hi Bamboo Headquarters, I can’t tell you how happy I am with your product!
(But I will try). Your UPS online tracking link was simple, I just checked the progress of my plant every day and knew about when it would arrive so I can get it ready to put in the ground. I received the box today and was flabbergasted at the size! I recently placed a similar order from another bamboo etailer and paid about the same amount, and received a plant 4x as small, this one is almost perfect in the height I was hoping to achieve in a year or two! THANKS SO MUCH! Hopefully I will have much privacy from our neighbors!
Michelle P from Cedar Rapids, IA
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August 26th, 2008
We received a call from Melinda H. of Laguna Beach CA, who called to say that a man, ‘the head honcho’, saved her bamboo! No one knew what was wrong, lots of misadvice… then you saved her bamboo… it’s shooting, green, glorious! IT ALL CAME BACK!
It’s really great when people listen and understand. It’s even better when they take time to say thanks.
Ralph Evans, Mr. Bamboo, a.k.a Head Honcho.
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August 6th, 2008
We recently received two great sets of photos from our website visitors! The first set is from Mac T., who is building a “Bamboo City” in San Pablo – Laguna Philippines a must pit stop for travelers.
Here’s a beautiful grove of Phyllostachys vivax that started from five transplants in 2001. Some of this year’s culms in the mature grove were 33+ feet. The grove is just east of Kingsburg, CA.
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June 28th, 2008
Cindy, thank you so much for your help. I cannot express how nice it is to get quality service.
Peter – Coachella, CA
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May 27th, 2008
We had a kind customer from Ventura County, CA show us the progress of their Phyllostachys nigra:
We would love to see how your bamboo garden is doing! Send us email through our Contact Form and we will send you an address to send back your bamboo photos. Every so often we have gardening contests, so stay tuned!
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May 5th, 2008
I wanted to thank you for help in choosing and shipping my recent bamboo purchase. I live in Maryland and you are the best bamboo distributor I can find! I love all the different varieties I have and the compliments I get each year on my garden.
Anne A from Rockville, MD
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April 25th, 2008
Squidoo is a hand-built collection of half a million informational webpages built and ranked by people using the web. “That’s Bamboo? Wow!“, the #4 ranked webpage for News on Squidoo, features the picture of Macy that we posted a few weeks ago:
Thanks to the creator of this Squidoo page for posting this picture and creating a wonderful compilation of bamboo information!
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April 8th, 2008
The Gianettos (one of our Bamboo Garden Contest Winners!) were kind enough to send us photos of their first shoots of spring! This is also a great example of the effectiveness of rhizome barrier in controlling the spread of running bamboos.
These shoots will be roughly double the size of the current plant, creating a nice thick screen by the end of summer
Shoots coming up at the edge of the rhizome barrier.
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April 2nd, 2008
Did you know that the shoots of most bamboos are edible? Some are tastier than others and thus more widely cultivated for culinary use. Apparently our nursery mascot, Macy, recognizes that Phyllostachys bissetii is one of the first species of the genus to shoot in spring and he definitely finds them to his liking! The cultivar pictured is the dwarf form of P. bissetii which is smaller and even hardier (-15F/-26C) than the species, staying under 18′ (5.5m). The overall look is a deep forest green color with culms that contrast in lime green to yellow. Both the specie and the dwarf make striking potted specimens!
As you can see, this is the perfect time of year to start planting bamboo! Order online or give us a call toll free at (866) 293-2925.
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