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The zen of the single rare specimen, the lush abundance of a sun-dappled, whispering grove.


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


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.

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.

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

 

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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.

 

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Any questions? Contact me, Albert

Pleioblastus chino murakanianus, a dwarf, variegated bamboo 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

Phyllostachys bissetii, a mid-size, running bamboo 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

Himalayacalamus hookerianus, Blue bamboo, a clumping mountain bamboo 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.

Phyllostachys vivax, a running timber bamboo 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.