Bamboo has a bad reputation in Maine. Many gardeners think of it as an incredibly invasive and aggressive plant. However, much of this is because Mainers mistake Japanese knotweed, an incredibly ...

The most commonly mentioned feature of bamboos is that they’re part of the grass family. That’s true, but other stereotypes about the family are often wrong – or at least murky. It isn’t surprising: ...

Plant the right bamboo and you can create an attractive privacy screen in your yard. Plant the wrong one and you can have a nightmare on your hands. Among the more than 1,400 species of bamboo, some ...

Bamboo is being explored as a potential alternative crop for Florida citrus growers. Clumping bamboo, which grows well in Florida, is considered a low risk for invasion. The versatile plant can be ...

Jeremy Siegel: This is GBH’s Morning Edition. A cloud of pollen. That sounds like a figure of speech. But yesterday it was a reality as a yellowish, powdery haze floated above the greater Boston area.