For general information on bamboo (and other interesting items), please review the topics below. We try to cover the items that we are asked the most questions on and some topics that people are interested in when making purchasing decisions. We cannot cover all aspects of bamboo as that would be an enormous volume of information on this fascinating subject. We do offer a complete line of bamboo books that cover the subject in much more detail (plus many other books on horticulure and botany). Please follow the links at the bottom of this page for the complete listings of books available.

Pick a topic:

• FAQS.



• Lucky bamboo.



• How many plants are in a container?



• What size are the bamboos?



• The National Arbor Day Foundation's 2002 Hardiness Zone Map.



• The differences between the 1990 USDA Hardiness Zones and the 2002 National Arbor Day Foundation's map.



• Bamboo botany.



• What is bamboo?



• Rhizome habits.



• Effects of climate.



• Pests and diseases.



• Bamboo care.



• Planting and feeding.



• Thinning and pruning.



• Control.



• Interesting bamboo topics.



• A bamboo article that ran in the Boston Globe.



• USDA Handbook #114: 'Bamboos of the Genus Phyllostachys Under Cultivation in the United States'. This is a very large PDF file (requires Adobe Acrobat) that is 33MB. It contains identification keys to several common Phyllostachys species that are grown in the US. A very useful document.



• USDA Home and Garden Bulletin #76: 'Growing Ornamental Bamboo'. Another large PDF file - 5MB.



• USDA Tech Bulletin #1361: 'Fiber and Papermaking Characteristics of Bamboo'. Another large PDF file - 12MB.



• Bananas.

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