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The zen of the single rare specimen, the lush
abundance of a sun-dappled, whispering grove.
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Burt Associates
Bamboo, purveyor of fine living bamboo, sells an exceptional selection
of bamboos for your home, office, or garden. We will help you select
carefully-grown bamboos suited to your climate, your level of horticultural
expertise - and your whim.
Our customers
often need screens for privacy, groves for decorative value, bamboo
timber for gardens or construction projects and single specimens for
their beauty. We can suggest the proper species for each application,
climate and exposure. We offer both clumping and spreading bamboos and
can help whether you are in New Hampshire or New Mexico.
We are
a small, family-owned nursery. We supply honest advice, do not exaggerate
the hardiness of our plants, do not invent new varieties and do not
inflate shipping costs. We look forward to hearing from you. Phone (978)
692 3240 Fax (617) 391 3614
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To purchase
a bamboo and for detailed information about the bamboos we sell, please
go to our catalog. There are specimen plants
for containers, bamboos for groves
or evergreen screens, and more.
Go here for hardy, clumping bamboos.
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Visit Growing
101 to get basic information which will help you decide. Also visit
the page of Frequently Asked Questions. Our bookstore
offers guidance to the available bamboo books and our links
will lead you to many valuable resources.
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Need an
elegant clumping bamboo good in southern states? Check out Borinda
angustissima. And for northern states, Fargesia
scabrida. New this year and hard to find. Need a great new house
or garden plant. Check out Borinda
maccluriana with red canes and green leaves.
Don't miss
this video
clip of bamboo growing, courtesy of the BBC
Get
a $50 Gift Certificate for $45. Or a $100
Gift Certificate for $90
We also
offer two Japanese vases
- elegant holiday gifts
Interested
in Clivia, the ideal house plant? We grow and offer variegated Clivia.
Visit our Clivia page
Our garden/retail operation is
open to visitors from May to October —
mail order year round.
If
you are ordering bamboo to be sent to
AZ,
CA, ID, NV, OR, UT or WA be sure to read the shipping
page.
Click
on any catgory to see the full listing
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Any questions?
Contact me, Albert
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DWARF BAMBOO
Click to see
dwarf bamboos
These
beautiful bamboos offer a variety of leaf colors hard to find
in the taller bamboos.Many are useful as potted plants,bonsai
and bonsai companion plants. These species present a range of
heights from several inches to several feet. They are appropriate
for Zones 5 to 10 and are all running bamboos. The height to which
they will grow in Zones 5 and 6 will be substantially lower than
the listed maximum height
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MID-SIZE BAMBOO Click
to see mid-size bamboos
Use
these bamboos as screens, decorative specimen plants for the garden,
foundation plants or as portable screens or specimens in large
containers. These are grown for their culms and are the classical
bamboos. In every instance the beauty of the culms (canes) will
be apparent. If you need a privacy screen, a fast growing bamboo,
this section will fill your need. They do best in sun
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MOUNTAIN BAMBOO Click
to see mountain bamboos
Look
in this very valuable group to find hardy, clumping bamboos as
well as clumping bamboos for warmer climates and interiors. These
bamboos originate in the mountains of South and Central America,
China and the Indian sub-continent. The Fargesias are among the
hardiest of bamboos and all are useful in shade; some in sun as
well. If you are in a northern state and need an evergreen screen
that requires no control, The Fargesias are perfect for you. The
Borindas, Chusquea and Drepanostachyum do well in warm states.
Himalayacamlamus prefers cool nights. These latter, more tender
bamboos, but not the Fargesias, are excellent interior plants.
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TIMBER BAMBOO Click
to see timber bamboos
Here
are the giants ranging from 40 to 100 feet at maturity with culm
diameters of 3 to 7 inches. They are the classics, the bamboo
you usually picture when you think of bamboo. The clumping timber
bamboo can be grown in a relatively small space, but give the
running bamboos ample room. As they become established, they all
very rapidly increase in size. These all do best in full sun.
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