I had always heard that flowering meant death to bamboo, but that's not always true. Many Northwest gardens contain bamboo, so it is important to recognize the significance of the flowering and to ...

A shoot of the enigmatic bamboo species henon bamboo which flowers once every 120 years An unusual species of bamboo is about to flower for the first time in over 100 years, which could enable ...

Lucky bamboo plants are incredibly easy to propagate, allowing you to fill your garden with many more of these attractive ...

Bamboo blossoms simultaneously across a number of forests in northeastern India every 48 or 50 years. Here's why this causes a major spike in the rat population and, ultimately, famine. The ...

In remote corners of Sichuan Province, China, the arrow bamboo is acting strangely. It grows brown and scraggly, with odd grass-like seed heads appearing amidst the foliage. The giant pandas that have ...

Have you noticed groovy groves of green bamboo are now boring walls of brown? The first time I spotted a dead-looking patch, I thought it was pretty odd since bamboo is a resilient species. Bamboo, ...

Gardeners can spend a lifetime studying the flowering habits of this common plant and still do not know it all.

As Brits prepare to brave a visit to the garden after a cold, wet winter, some may find aggressively growing plants outdoors ...