Types Of Bamboo When choosing a bamboo plant, first consider how you want it to look and grow in your space. There are two main categories of bamboo: clumping (pachymorphs) and running (leptomorphs).

Bamboo does offer many benefits in the backyard, with its statement leafy and structural stems looking highly attractive and capable of being grown as a screen to give added privacy in a space. While ...

The other day, outside a mall in Jerusalem, I spotted a plant with fine-textured, weepy foliage and thought it must be some kind of bamboo. It turned out not to be a true bamboo, but is commonly ...