Hardy Bamboos: Taming The Dragon

Hardcover: 300 pages

Publisher: Timber Press; illustrated edition edition (15 April 2005)

Language English

ISBN-10: 088192685X

ISBN-13: 978-0881926859

Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 18.6 x 2.8 cm

Bamboos are extraordinary in their ability to transform a garden, adapt to inhospitable surroundings, and survive with little care. Long the exclusive pleasure of warm-weather gardeners, people in cooler climates will gain the know-how to grow and experience the wonder and infinite variety of these magical plants. Drawing on his own experience growing bamboos, Paul Whittaker describes how bamboos perform in different places and highlights their growing habits. These fascinating insights give the knowledge needed to choose the right bamboo for any site and grow it successfully. The distillation of years of hands-on growing experience, this is the ultimate bamboo reference book for cool-climate gardeners.