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January 5, 2008 at 3:19 am #586199
ToddinWestwoodMemberAnyone in W.S. sell different varieties of live bamboo?
January 5, 2008 at 8:00 am #613553
AnonymousInactiveWhen I was looking for something unique I went to every nursery in the greater Seattle area. The choices were slim and not that healthy looking. A friend sent me to Bamboo Gardens of Washington. It’s between Redmond and Fall City, but if you have an afternoon, it is so worth the drive. They have a complete forest almost, of full grown (some are 30+ feet) bamboo. You really get a feel for what they will become. I thought I was looking for black, like everyone always is. But when I saw all the choices, many were much more attractive. Look at their website and you’ll see what I mean. Everything from shrub to timber varieties.
January 5, 2008 at 4:48 pm #613554
LisaParticipantYears ago bought my bamboo at Bamboo Gardens of Washington, but just too far. I found a great place in Burien. They are wholesale, but have hours open to the public:
CLINTON INC BAMBOO GROWERS
12260 1st Ave S
Seattle, WA 98168 (206) 242-8848
If you drive too fast you’ll miss it -converted house on 1st Ave before 128th. Great place!
Very helpful people, nice grounds. Call for public/winter hours.
January 5, 2008 at 7:28 pm #613555
JayDeeParticipantTodd:
You would be missing a great opportunity if you didn’t visit the West Seattle Farmer’s Market and talked with Wade of Rockridge Orchards, one of the vendors.
Rockridge sells Bamboo, and Wade is a great resource. Now, he may not have some with him right now, but he can bring them on the truck if this is the right time to plant. I’ve been sharing my bamboo stories with him for the last couple of years and with his advice about mulching, mine have reached their species height.
Secondly, look into “Clumping” rather than running bamboo. A great resource is a local distributor’s brochure “Discovering Bamboo” by Boo-Shoot Gardens. It is $16 ordered off their website, and it is a great, up-to-date reference if you are looking to buy (Well, in addition to Wade.).
Good luck – A Bamboo “Foamer” (rabid about them)- JayDee.
January 5, 2008 at 10:52 pm #613556
LucyMemberClinton bamboo in Burien is AWESOME. During the winter you need to call ahead to make sure they are open. They do sell direct (not just wholesale). Extremely knowlegable, friendly & helpful.
Please, please give them a call -it’s worth it!
January 8, 2008 at 10:12 pm #613557
LuckieParticipantTodd, do you want some bamboo plants? I want to take the five bamboo clumps out of my front yard to make space for something else. They’re the non-running kind, and I’m no plant expert but they look pretty healthy to me. If you are willing to dig them out yourself, we will give them to you!
January 11, 2008 at 1:11 am #613558
ToddinWestwoodMemberSure, let me see what kind they are first. Email me at the_vanmatres@msn.com and get me some contact info. Maybe I can have them out this weekend.
Thanks,
Todd
January 11, 2008 at 5:33 am #613559
JanSParticipantthere you go…WSB getting people together again…:)
January 12, 2008 at 12:48 am #613560
cheyenneMemberWell, I have some black bamboo and it definitely is the running kind. I got it from my mom’s old house before she sold, it’s established and now I’m having fun trying to imagine how to contain it. One root I dug up accidentally looks like a torpedo heading East, twenty feet from where I planted. (Help!)
January 14, 2008 at 10:12 pm #613561
flipjackParticipantCheyenne,
Unless you planted it in a nice thick sealed pastic barrier at least 3 feet deep there is no way to contain it that I know of. You would have to comp;etely remove the bamboo and make sure you get all the rhizomes (roots) because any that are left in the ground will continue to travel and will even go through cement foundations.
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