A small bamboo nursery in Rocklin, CA, about 15 min. east of Sacramento, CA. 96 varieties of bamboo in our collection most of which are for sale. We also sell bamboo rhizome barrier.
(916) 300-6335
www.madmanbamboo.com
sean@madmanbamboo.com
(916) 300-6335
www.madmanbamboo.com
sean@madmanbamboo.com
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- Rocklin, CA, 95765
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- (916) 300-6335
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Saturday, October 31 at 8:00am
Mad Man Bamboo Nursery Getting ready to send out details on our spring season kick-off Bamboo Open House. Also will have information on special ordering plants and much more...... Check back with our Facebook Page or sign up for our e-mail newsletter at the Mad Man Bamboo website (link below).
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Mad Man Bamboo Nursery We hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!
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Happy belated World Bamboo Day! September 18. It was declared at the 8th World Bamboo Congress in Thailand this year. The latest Bamboo Magazine said it right - "Plant an bamboo! Build with bamboo! Sing with bamboo! Wear bamboo! Eat bamboo! Breathe bamboo! Walk among the bamboo, and feel good." That's what World Bam...boo Day will signify every year moving forward - a time to celebrate all the practical, environmental and social benefits of bamboo.
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Mad Man Bamboo Nursery Can you say... glow in the dark? This is Phylostachys bambusoides 'Allgold'. A running bamboo that grows 35 feet max with 2 inch diameter culms. At dusk, in the summer, it almost seems to glow in the dark it such a nice bright yellow. Photo by Gerhard Bock (www.gerhardbock.com).
Mad Man Bamboo Nursery This is a favorite..... Hibanobambusa tranquillans 'Shiroshima.' A running bamboo that grows to 16 feet max with 1.3 inch diameter culms. As you can see the leaves are really beautiful (if you look close enough to the photo, the new leaves have hints of burgundy red in them). The culms turn a dark burgundy color as well.
Mad Man Bamboo Nursery This is one of the places I have on my list to visit...... Arashiyama on the outskirts of the old capital of Japan, Kyoto. Specifically I want to visit the large Phylostachys edulis 'Moso' bamboo forrest. Here is what I found on Japan-Guide.com on the area: Bamboo groves are found behind Tenryuji Temple and along the... trail to the Okochi Sanso. The bamboo is still used to manufacture various products, such as baskets, cups, boxes, mats and pieces of art at workshops in the Arashiyama area. Attached is a video on YouTube I found. This is a place I dream of going to someday....
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嵐山の竹林 Bamboo grove in Arashiyama 嵐山嵯峨野散策ガイド http://www.kyotokanko.co.jp/sagano.html Kyoto Travel: Arashiyama and Sagano http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3912.html
Mad Man Bamboo Nursery No this plant is not sick. It's Sasa veitchii 'Kuma-Zasa." Most of the year the broad leaves are a dark green, but when the weather cools in late Fall/Winter, the leaf edges wither creating striking white margins on the edges of the leaf giving a nice contrast. This is a short mounding bamboo reaching no more than 5... feet tall with .3 inch culms, Takes temperatures down to 0. Does better in shadier areas. It's a running bamboo and performs well in containers.
Mad Man Bamboo Nursery This is Phylostachys nigra punctata 'Giant Black'. Gets to 60 feet tall with 4 inch culms. There is another variety called 'Daikokuchiku' that comes from a grove in Folsom that is about 57 feet tall, fairly rare and hard to get. To give some perspective, regular black grows to about 30 feet tall max with 2 inch culm...s. There is a smaller version that I am hoping to get as a trade here soon that was referrred to as "Baby Black Bamboo" formal name is Phylostachys nigra 'Hale'. 20 feet max. These are all running bamboo, but they perform really well in containers, like large pots or horse troughs.
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Friend and bamboo afficionado Gerhard Bock came over last weekend and spent time photographing our bamboo plant collection. Gerhard is a true artist and his photos turned out beautiful. Pictured is Himalayacalamus falconeri damarapi "Candystripe Bamboo", one of the photos Gerhard took. I thought it suiting since we a...re in the midst of the holiday season. Looks like a candy cane.
More of Gerhard's work can be found at www.gerhardbock.com.
Mad Man Bamboo Nursery I was given some plastic horse feeding trough's by a co-worker a while back. I am wanting to screen my back wall with some of the large running bamboo I have growing in containers. So, I ordered some bamboo edging and attached it to the sides of the plastic horse troughs with copper wire. I'm pretty happy with the r...esult. The one pictured is going to be home for a really nice Giant Black Bamboo that I have that is jet black and probably 25 feet tall. It will probably get up to 40 once it gets established in the container.
Mad Man Bamboo Nursery Finally had a chance today to go outside while it was still light out. Lifted the frost blanket I had on the Mexican Weeping Bamboo and the Bambusa Oldhamii "Giant Clumping Timber Bamboo," and no damage, woo hooo! All my other bamboo in the ground looks unfazed by the weather. Hard freeze, what hard freeze? Did pretty good. I'm a happy man!
Mad Man Bamboo Nursery Bamboo plants I donated to the City of Roseville for a jungle themed playground (Mel Hamel Park) in north Roseville. It is Bambusa multiplex "Golden Goddess" and its hedged low. Uncut it grows to about 10 to 12 feet tall, full sun and is a clumping bamboo. "Golden Goddess" refers to the culms that turn a golden yell...ow as it ages. Finally got around to visiting the park to see how it was planted. Definitely works for the theme.
Mad Man Bamboo Nursery By invitation, I visited a 50 year old grove of Japanese Giant Timber Bamboo at a private residence in Citrus Heights, CA this past weekend. Wow, what a site! Phylostachys bambusoides 'Japanese Giant Timber Bamboo' gets up to 72 feet tall and can get 6 inch culms.
Mad Man Bamboo Nursery Driven by the Panda Express on Rocky Ridge Road in Roseville, CA many times and never noticed that they have bamboo planted in front of the establishment. It was hedged and looked nice. Upon a closer look, they planted what appeared to be Phylostachys aurea, which is pretty common and something a little less common, ...Phylostachys aureosulcata 'Spectabilis', pictured below, which gets really nice vivid red coloring when its cold and exposed to sunlight. Good to see bamboo used in commercial landscaping. That's thinking outside the box!
Mad Man Bamboo Nursery I took this photo near the cat section at the Sacramento Zoo. I believe it is Phylostachys aurea "Holyochrysa" or "Golden Golden." It maxes out at 27 feet and a 1.8 inch diameter culm. Takes up to full sun. Interesting congested culms.
