Choosing the best bamboo for the job has never been easier.
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Bamboos are valued for their attractive culms, year-round foliage, and ability to add serenity to any garden scene. They add style to a garden and are ideal for screening eyesores and buffering noise. But the key to success is careful selection. Practical Bamboos features the 50 best bamboos based on appearance and usefulness. A handy checklist allows readers to pick plants that are right for them at a glance. A section on using bamboo in the garden covers topics such as incorporating bamboos in the mixed border, using them to create Japanese-style or Mediterranean-style gardens, using them for hedges and edging, establishing them in containers, choosing the right ones for difficult places, and selecting the best plants for small gardens or waterside planting. Gardeners new to bamboo will relish the imaginative design and landscaping ideas and feel inspired to take a chance on a dynamic, rewarding plant.
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The book is lavishly illustrated with excellent photography, both close-ups and interesting images of bamboos in gardens, many taken in the author's Norfolk garden. [Paul's] infectious enthusiasm for the subject comes through on every page. I found myself re-reading sections to ensure I had wrung every drop of information from the text.
After you've seen the rest of the book, you'll want to be straight down to the nursery to buy some bamboos of your own.
This attractive, new, compact and colourful glossy paperback from Paul Whittaker is a welcome addition to the gardener's bookshelf, especially as a guide for those who may be new to growing hardy bamboos or are considering planting their first bamboo or two (or even fifty-two!).
