The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas will say goodbye to an old foliaged friend Friday that has literally grown up at the garden over the past three decades. According to representatives at the ...

Q. It has been suggested that timber bamboo be planted instead of oaks along Kirby Drive because it grows fast and the roots would not break the sidewalk. How much shade would you get? How much space ...

What if your neighbor puts an ugly shed on your shared property line? Or - as is increasingly common in parts of Houston - what if the one-story house next to you disappears and a multistory dwelling ...

Worldwide, there are approximately 1,500 bamboo species found from tropical regions to the snowline of the Andes. Bamboos (subfamily Bambusoideae) are among the broad-leaved grasses (Poaceae) ...

Few plants are as evocative, useful and misunderstood as bamboo, which includes about 450 species from Asia, South America and Africa. Ranging from 2 to 150 feet tall depending on species, bamboo is ...

When we think of beautiful gardens, we think of colorful flowers. But it's greenery that gives a landscape form and substance. And with our gradually shrinking places and close neighbors, a tall green ...

The national association says it is only a grass, but not many plants are looked at with heart pounding fear and trepidation, as bamboo. But it is that grass element that caught us all by surprise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bamboo hedge Bamboo does offer many benefits in the backyard, with its statement leafy and structural stems looking highly ...