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6 Tips for spring/summer bamboo care
Discount for service members
Landscape professionals connect with us!
Texas Bamboo Society visit
Exciting news for Bamboo Texas
Feedback and Photos
Spring/Summer Bamboo Care
Cut any dead canes and or skinny/short canes flush with the ground.
Trim lower branches if you prefer a clean and groomed appearance at the base.
Add about an inch of composted cow manure, spreading it throughout the base and at least 3 inches outside the canes. The Black Kow brand without top soil is what we recommend.
Add about 3 inches of pine bark mulch on top of the compost that you spread throughout the canes and about 6 inches outside the canes. Pine bark mulch helps maintain a neutral PH level.
Add a time-release granule fertilizer that you spread throughout the canes. The fertilizer should be applied mid- spring and mid-summer to support growth. Remember to increase the amount of fertilizer proportionately as your bamboo gets larger over the years. We currently recommend Lewis Bamboo Fertilizer.
Increase the amount and frequency of watering throughout the Spring and Summer. Your bamboo will produce much larger/taller canes when watered consistently at the same time of day on a regular schedule. Watering first thing in the morning at 8am is ideal.
Spring Planting/Summer Shooting
While bamboo can be planted at any time of the year, the best time is always Spring. At this time clumping bamboos are expanding their root systems, reproducing leaves, and dropping old leaves from winter. Clumping bamboo sends up new shoots in summer and it is almost time! Are looking to add to your current bamboo screen, plant a new screen, or add specimen plants to your yard or pool area? Are you wanting to add beauty to your rental or commercial property? Email or call Wendy to get started! We have a huge selection of the best bamboo varieties for Texas. Now is prime time for planting bamboo!
Discount for Military, Police, and Fire
We greatly appreciate those who serve and protect our freedom, our safety, and our local communities. Our police, fire, active military, or veteran service members should ask about our 5% discount.
Landscape Professional/Nursery Information
If you are a landscape professional or nursery owner, have your company reach out to Wendy through e-mail for our plant availability list and professional wholesale price list.
Exciting News for The American Bamboo Society
In March, the Texas Bamboo Society planned a field trip to Bamboo Texas. We enjoyed a great day of fellowship and bamboo talk. Many bamboo aficionados with a rich diversity of experience in crafting, timber production, making tea from bamboo leaves, environmental improvements, commercial applications, and just growing for the love of bamboo attended. There were also people completely new to bamboo that joined the meet up to learn more about this incredible grass. In the end, a great day was had by all who attended and the Texas Bamboo Society chose Bamboo Texas to host the American Bamboo Society National Convention in October of 2026! This is quite the honor for us and we are so excited to help bring such a great event to the Houston Area. This convention will bring bamboo experts, vendors, informational sessions, instrument makers, artists, etc. This event will be open to the public so keep an eye out for more details as they come available. In the mean time we encourage everyone to look in to the Texas Bamboo Society and the American Bamboo Society. They both offer many opportunities to learn more about bamboo!
The Most Exciting News at Bamboo Texas
We had our first grand baby in December of 2025! Little Leanna is the light of our lives and we look forward to having her run around the bamboo farm in the years to come!
Feedback and Photos
We want to hear your bamboo stories! Share before and after photos of your plantings and established bamboo. We love to see how you use bamboo in your area. Let us know the type you have, when you planted it, and where you are located. Share your photos with us for a chance to be featured! Thanks to everyone who has shared pictures over the years, and for spreading referrals and leaving us great reviews. We appreciate our customers!
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