Plant the right bamboo and you can create an attractive privacy screen in your yard. Plant the wrong one and you can have a nightmare on your hands. Among the more than 1,400 species of bamboo, some ...

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

Jeremy Siegel: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. A cloud of pollen. That sounds like a figure of speech. But yesterday it was a reality as a yellowish, powdery haze floated above the greater Boston area.

Bamboo is being explored as a potential alternative crop for Florida citrus growers. Clumping bamboo, which grows well in Florida, is considered a low risk for invasion. The versatile plant can be ...

The most commonly mentioned feature of bamboos is that they’re part of the grass family. That’s true, but other stereotypes about the family are often wrong – or at least murky. It isn’t surprising: ...

Bamboo can be a stunning addition to your home or garden, but knowing the right type, care routine, and placement is key to ...

At Burke Nursery, it’s no secret that bamboo is not for everyone. Although they sell two kinds of bamboo plants, everyone seems to know that it’s “very invasive,” said John Sullivan, a plant expert ...