Bamboo in the Garden

Whatever your garden shape or size, there are plenty of ways in which you can use bamboo. Either as a screen or hedge or just purely ornamental.

Bamboo Plant for Gardens, Containers, and Pots

There are a huge number of species suited to different conditions such as climate and soil.

Some species are adaptable for growing in both the ground and containers. If you don't want to plant your new bamboo out or are undecided as to where to site it in the garden, or if you like to move your plants around occasionally, plants in pots the way to go.

Ornamental Bamboo

There are all kinds of bamboos that make a fantastic ornamental style garden attractions whether in the ground or in pots.

Groundcover

Small bamboo can be used for ground cover, be grown in containers, or used as accent plants. Ground cover plants help to retain moisture in the soil and can be applied to landscaping designs, erosion control, for under planting, and as a cover for sloping ground. There are many varieties of dwarf bamboo that are excellent for these purposes.

Hedge

Bamboo garden hedging can make quite an impact and can be trimmed. It generally makes a dense hedge suitable for providing a divider between properties or covering a bare fence or wall.

Privacy Screen

Bamboo plants can easily be cultivated into a privacy screen and can be trimmed or pruned to suit the design of your garden.  Again, these can be cultivated into dense screens that are perfect for a natural divider either between different areas of your own garden or between properties.

Bamboo is not only a gardener’s friend, but offers many household uses too. From chopping boards, to bicycles, linens to nappies, bamboo offers the environmentally aware shopper eco-friendly and sustainable goods. For linens, blankets and towels visit www.100bamboo.com