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Bamboo

We display the largest retail selection of bamboo plants in Cambridgeshire and propagate practically all our own stock which drastically reduces our retail prices. Our stock will number hundreds of individual plants, from 2-litre dwarf stock to 50 and 80-litre specimens standing 4-6m tall. At various times of the year we also mail order our plants so collection by a car is easy when these superb plants are tied up, the larger specimens we do of course deliver!

Most of our larger plants are from the Phyllostacys family, including the ever popular Black Bamboo, Phyllostachys Nigra.

We also stock, Phyllostachys arcana 'Luteosulcata', aurea, a. 'Flavescens Inversa', a. 'Koi', aureosulcata, a. 'Aureocaulis' and 'Spectabilis', bambusoides, b. 'Tanakae' and b. f. lacrimae-deae, 'Castillonis' and 'Castillonis Inversa', 'Violacens', bissetii, glauca, henonis, heteroclada, humilis, n. 'Boryana', n. 'henonis', nuda, propinqua, viridiglaucescens, vivax, v. 'Aureocaulis', and vivax 'Huanvenzhu'. We also stock manyforms of Fargesia and Sasa, Pleioblastus and Pseudosasa.       

We have been growing bamboo now since the mid-eighties and their popularity is still increasing year by year. By far the most requested of these fantastic plants are the genus Phyllostachys. These are the most vigorous and tallest for screening, they are fully hardy, evergreen and show an amazing array of culm (cane) colour. They make a gentle rustling sound in the slightest breeze and are very low maintenance if given room to develop properly. They are not only  functional, of course, but make the most amazing specimen and feature plants. Their new growth is truly fascinating to watch, often growing several centimetres each day!   

There is nothing as quick, in terms of growth in a season, than this family of bamboo. Mature plants in the ground that are, for example, 4-5 metres in height now will grow the same height, or more, this coming season. This is in the form of new shoots, emerging at ground level, that in general have a 2-3 month growth spurt, and not additional height to existing culms. This means that even a Eucalyptus tree with a growth rate of 1-2 metres a year is no match for most vigorous bamboo. When using trees for screening, there are very few fully evergreen varieties with the added problem of year on year growth. If you do need some privacy, trees will generally always outstay their welcome, unless you have plenty of space.

All bamboo will put some fresh leaf on older culms. However, the new culms each year are so much thicker, stronger and taller, that you can start to prune older, thinner and less luxurious growth away. This is by simply cutting any unwanted culms right down to ground level, which leaves more room for the newer ones. When selling bamboo we always stress that what you are really paying for is inside the container, ( the rootstock ) and not the visible growth. The existing culms and foliage is nothing compared to the potential growth that spring, or following spring if bought later in the year. Container plants are often quite hungry and rootbound after less than one season in the same container and it is these plants that are itching to romp away!