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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a shoot of the enigmatic bamboo species henon bamboo which flowers once every 120 years A shoot of the enigmatic bamboo species ...

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 ...

Next hachiku bamboo flowering event was due in 2028 – but three years ago botanists made a shocking discovery Bamboos can take years or even decades to flower, but the hachiku bamboo pushes this habit ...

What it is: Lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) is a tropical plant often shaped into decorative forms and associated with good fortune in feng shui. How it grows: It thrives in bright, indirect light, ...

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, ...

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 ...

The bamboo plant (Dracaena sanderiana) is a popular houseplant typically referred to as lucky bamboo. Commonly grown for its low-maintenance reputation, this plant requires indirect sunlight and ...

If you were to walk through the forests of Asia, you might hear a soft rustling as the wind moves through tall, green stalks that look like grass but grow as tall as trees. These are bamboo plants, ...

Fast-growing bamboo grows into a privacy hedge quickly. To keep it under control—and out of your neighbor's yard—here's how ...