Bamboo for Gardens

An Illustrated Guide to Maples (Illustrated Guides)

Dendrocalamus strictus - Iron Bamboo (703 readers)

Contributed by amazon 24.09 2007 on 10:01:08 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses

Iron Bamboo is the common name for the genus and species Dendrocalamus strictus. Native to India, it is unique in that it is thick-walled, often solid, and probably the strongest bamboo in the world. Max. Height: 60 feet; Max. Diameter: 5 inches; Min. Temperature: 25º F ...

Bambusa arundinacea - Thorny Bamboo (1015 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.08 2007 on 10:13:20 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses

From South China, this tall 100 bamboo is a large, lush ornamental but also is used in the tropics as a timber source and for paper pulp. The young stem sprouts are edible. Must be kept quite warm. Lives up to its name by creating an impenetrable wall of long hooked thorny branches. Once established it will replace any form of fencing. ...

Bamboo for Gardens (1027 readers)

Contributed by amazon 29.03 2007 on 12:02:44 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Bamboos evoke an exotic atmosphere wherever they are used ? unfortunately, they are too often kept out of our gardens for fear of their invasive qualities or lack of hardiness. In truth, these elegant grasses, encompassing both woody and herbaceous forms, can achieve dramatic yet restrained effects in a range of climates. ...

Dendrocalamus membranaceus - May Sang Bamboo (734 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.08 2007 on 09:55:12 Topic: Plants / Grass, Grasses Match on Title

A 50 tall clumping bamboo from Burma with straight culms. It develops 4 diameter canes that are bright green with green leaves. Can tolerate some cold to 34 F. It is ideally grown in full sun in warm zones with high humidity. A beautiful lowlands species noted for its very smooth straight erect lower branch-free culms followed by fine light green leaves. Green culms are white powder covered when young giving a misty blue appearance. Its pale golden shoots are purple leaf tipped and blue tinged w ...

Nandina domestica - Heavenly Bamboo (1726 readers)

Contributed by amazon 14.09 2007 on 08:56:39 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Title

Commonly called Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina can be used in virtually any part of the landscape and is especially useful in full or part sun, where the foliage color is superb. The new growth is often bronze to rose in color, becoming green with age. In the fall and winter, the growth takes on autumn leaf colors: red, orange, bronze and pink. The plant has added value in that it provides cut branches for use in floral arrangements year round. As the plant matures, late summer and early fall flowers ...

Serene Gardens (428 readers)

Contributed by amazon 20.04 2008 on 21:44:34 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Creating Japanese Design and Detail in the Western Garden | With their superbly shaped trees and shrubs, subtly colored foliage, and emphasis on nature in its pure state, Japanese Zen gardens are spaces of beauty and tranquility. Serene Gardens is an exquisitely illustrated introduction to the style and its traditions—and the only book that explains how to use western plants and materials to achieve the minimalist look beloved by Japanese garden designers. Gardeners will find plant lists; climat ...

Creating Your Own Japanese Garden (775 readers)

Contributed by amazon 15.04 2007 on 19:09:27 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

The strong horizontals of bamboo reflected in a dark circle of water; the rhythmic clap of the deer scarer; the contemplative beauty of waves created in sand: combinations of nature and art that soothe and uplift the spirit. Your vision of a Japanese garden need not be confined to Japan. Here is a fully comprehensive guiide which will enable you to capture in your home or office environment the elusive spirit of the Japanese garden-no matter where you live. ...

The Garden Plants of China (762 readers)

Contributed by amazon 08.04 2007 on 09:57:00 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

Gardens have long been an integral part of Chinese culture, written about by scholars and prized by emperors and priests; think of Chinese scrolls traced with plum blossoms and wood-block prints etched with pine branches or bamboo. The West has not only received a great number of fine plants from China, its also been influenced by the Chinese appreciation of plants, by their ideas on striving to have something in bloom year-round, and by their treasuring shape as well as bloom. A surprising numb ...

In the Land of the Blue Poppies (501 readers)

Contributed by amazon 02.11 2007 on 13:48:11 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title

During the first years of the twentieth century, the British plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward went on twenty-four impossibly daring expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous varieties previously unknown in Europe and America, including the legendary Tibetan blue poppy, and the introduction of their seeds into the world’s gardens. ...

Sansevieria trifasciata - Snake Plant (4109 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.07 2007 on 10:26:03 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Title

Sansevierias or as they are commonly called Snake Plants or Mother-in-laws Tongue have a rich history of folklore and new science. These plants have a rich history of cultivation. In China, it was kept as a treasured houseplant because the Eight Gods bestowed their eight virtues on those who grew them. These virtues include long life, prosperity, intelligence, beauty, art, poetry, health and strength. The plants were kept near the entrances inside the home so that the eight virtues could pass th ...