Bamboo In The Garden - A Fascinating And Versatile Plant

Bamboo is an essential design element in the Asian garden cultures in recent years in European gardens growing in popularity. There are several reasons for this: Bamboo is a durable, evergreen and relatively easy to grow plant that must be cut back once or twice a year. It can withstand lower temperatures below freezing many bamboo species. Bamboo in the garden can be several meters high in a short time and used in different forms will as a container plant, hedge, patio roofs, vision and windscreen. These various features make the bamboo so versatile and provide you with plenty of design. Tips on finding the appropriate type of bamboo What to consider when choosing bamboo? There are many different species of bamboo. They are distinguished by the many types of stems, leaves, through your plant height and space requirements. It is therefore important to determine first the role to be played by plant bamboo in your garden. Bamboo loves loam soil with a pH of about 6.5. The plant is also very popular garden pond, in this case, but the water in the root area must flow well. Although bamboo is usually used as a visual and wind protection, care for the plant rather sheltered locations. In the growing season (around March-July), the subtropical plant needs to get enough water so that the bamboo garden well developed. There is also the addition of nitrogen-poor fertilizer advisable. The winter and frost hardness may be up to -30 ° C and more depending on the species of bamboo. But also needs the bamboo in the winter maintenance plant that died of thirst in the winter without water! The root ball should be protected because of frost damage is not excluded.