Beautiful Bamboo

I drove out to Beautiful Bamboo in April, 2014 and met with Jennifer who was pleasant, peaceful and chock full of info regarding the growth patterns, cold hardiness and all things bamboo. I got the tour of the place walking through the different bamboos offered and picked out their seabreeze bamboo to be delivered and planted 6 weeks later. By the end of May, two courteous and efficient people had come out and installed 10 15 gallon pots with the irrigation to ensure them taking root in a hot FL summer. 5 weeks later, they are doing well and we already have 8 new culms and I am thinking in 2 years, the neighboring homes will be just a memory:)

Beautiful Bamboo is located 35 minutes outside of the Orlando area, near the Junction of the Ronald Reagan Turnpike, 27 and SR19 in Groveland, FL. Beautiful Bamboo came recommended by 2 different friends over the last year, both who had purchased bamboo here. One planted their hedge about 2 years ago, the other planted their hard to find bamboo about 4 years ago. In both cases the bamboo plants are lovely, healthy and providing great (low maintenance) natural «walls» in their yards. So, after doing some research on what would be non invasive, work with our sun/​shade and survive cold snaps, Hubby and I headed out to the country.
The owner was very nice, we called early in the day (per their website) and asked if they would be around to check things out. They aren’t a regular storefront, it’s a large private property with planted fields, so call before you head out. The son has taken over the family business, so his land is closer to the Turnpike/​27/​19 junction than the parents location which was a few miles further down SR 19.
The owner confirmed our researched bamboo selection would be best (clumping and cold hardy) for what we wanted. He gave us Bamboo 101 for care and how the clumping plants grow and can be maintained while he toured us through some other varieties. He showed us what 4 years worth of our hedge bamboo looked like, starting with our size plants. AWESOME! We made our selections and were on our way back home. Plants made it home happily and we planted them strategically to block out the neighbors 3 story (really), becoming dilapidated play structure. I’m sure we’ll have some pretty green height in a year or so. I will post pictures and an update at some point.
All major credit cards accepted.