As an ornamental, bamboo can be grown in containers or in the ground. Bamboo is tall – the shortest clumping bamboo is said to be Bambusa compacta, which reaches about six to eight feet.

Bamboo is grown as an ornamental garden plant from Massachusetts to Florida, from British Columbia to San Diego and in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Bamboos can be divided into two groups: ...

Many gardeners recently have turned to tropical-looking canna lilies, ornamental grasses and tender, colorful caladiums to create unusual and dazzling displays. But mention bamboo and even ...

In addition to an ornamental, its reeds were used for woodwind instruments. Overall, there are about 1,200 species of bamboo with many of these being sold in the nursery trade. There are two basic ...

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