Bamboo is one of the strangest plants on earth. It grows in many different places and adds to many people’s lives in many ways. Here are some inter- esting facts about this amazing plant.
Fact 1
Bamboo is the FASTEST growing land plant in the world... the only thing that grows quicker is giant sea kelp in the ocean!
Fact 2
Bamboo is a giant grass! It is not a tree. Bamboo grow with shallow grass like roots (just like lawn) they just grow hard woody culms instead!
Fact 3
Bamboo cools down the surrounding air by up to 8 degrees in summer! This acts as a natural air conditioning for your garden and any buildings in proximity.
Fact 4
Bamboo rarely flowers and seeds, about every 100 years or so. When it does, every plant of that same species seeds at the exact same time across the globe!
Fact 5
Bamboo is edible, well, most of them (some taste horrible!) The new shoots are harvested while they are still soft. They are often used inn asian cuisine or stir frys!
Fact 6
A panda's diet is 99% made up of bamboo shoots, poles and leaves, around 12-38kg every day!
The other 1% is made up of meat and other plants.
Fact 7
Clumping bamboo purifies the air up to 30% more effectively then any other plant! Your brain literally gets an oxygen high around it! This makes you happier & relieves tension & headaches!
Fact 8
There are over 1,500 species of bamboo in the world! Australia has around 100 and we specialise in the top 50 species that suit home gardens the best! (And pandas only eat 42 species out of 1,500!)
Fact 9
Bamboo are mostly drought tolerant and will survive lack of water, but if they are thirsty they will curl up their leaves! They do this to shy away from the heat and await rain or water. After a few days of being dry, they will drop some leaves to self mulch and reduce the amount of leaves needing hydration!
Fact 10
Bamboo poles are incredibly strong and sturdy (stronger then steel!) and are often used for construction and building throughout the world! Thin poles are good stakes in the garden or for weaving furniture. Larger poles are often used for scaffolding or building frames!
Fact 11
Bamboo is one of the best plants to use for soil stability and to prevent soil erosion. Perfect for protecting a riverbank, creek or dam walls, steep garden beds etc.
Fact 12
Bamboo is one of the most regenerative growing plants. It can survive frosts, fire, flood and was the only plant to survive Hiroshima, the atomic bomb in Japan 1945.
Fact 13
Bamboo is naturally anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. Bamboo is used to produce clothing, linen, and bamboo charcoal. Bamboo charcoal absorbs, purifies & deodorises the surrounding atmosphere.
Fact 14
Bamboo leaves are made into a delicious tea! It tastes similar to green tea and is comparable with nutritional benefits.
Bamboo rarely flowers and seeds, about every 100 years or so. When it does, every plant of that same species seeds at the exact same time across the globe!
Fact 5
Bamboo is edible, well, most of them (some taste horrible!) The new shoots are harvested while they are still soft. They are often used inn asian cuisine or stir frys!
Fact 6
A panda's diet is 99% made up of bamboo shoots, poles and leaves, around 12-38kg every day!
The other 1% is made up of meat and other plants.
Fact 7
Clumping bamboo purifies the air up to 30% more effectively then any other plant! Your brain literally gets an oxygen high around it! This makes you happier & relieves tension & headaches!
Fact 8
There are over 1,500 species of bamboo in the world! Australia has around 100 and we specialise in the top 50 species that suit home gardens the best! (And pandas only eat 42 species out of 1,500!)
Fact 9
Bamboo are mostly drought tolerant and will survive lack of water, but if they are thirsty they will curl up their leaves! They do this to shy away from the heat and await rain or water. After a few days of being dry, they will drop some leaves to self mulch and reduce the amount of leaves needing hydration!
Fact 10
Bamboo poles are incredibly strong and sturdy (stronger then steel!) and are often used for construction and building throughout the world! Thin poles are good stakes in the garden or for weaving furniture. Larger poles are often used for scaffolding or building frames!
Fact 11
Bamboo is one of the best plants to use for soil stability and to prevent soil erosion. Perfect for protecting a riverbank, creek or dam walls, steep garden beds etc.
Fact 12
Bamboo is one of the most regenerative growing plants. It can survive frosts, fire, flood and was the only plant to survive Hiroshima, the atomic bomb in Japan 1945.
Fact 13
Bamboo is naturally anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. Bamboo is used to produce clothing, linen, and bamboo charcoal. Bamboo charcoal absorbs, purifies & deodorises the surrounding atmosphere.
Fact 14
Bamboo leaves are made into a delicious tea! It tastes similar to green tea and is comparable with nutritional benefits.
Fact 15
Thomas Edison used a carbonized bamboo filament in his very FIRST successful lightbulb!
Fact 16
Bamboo can be trimmed, hedged, thinned out, cut back, sculptured or manicured for ANY garden!
Fact 17
Bamboo grows all over the world, including really cold and really hot countries!
All continents except Europe and Antartica have native bamboo species!
Fact 18
Bamboo comes in many different shapes, sizes and colours! There is green, black, brown, gold, blue, white, grey, orange, purple, red, variegated, and even stripey!
Fact 19
Bamboo POPS! Bamboo is not a flammable material, it does however make a loud popping sound in a fire due to the air pocket between nodes. The very first fire crackers made in China were created out of bamboo.
Fact 20
Bamboo shoots grow so fast they were used as a torture practice by the Japanese in WWII. They would strap an enemy soldier to a bed in a forest over a growing bamboo shoot. The bamboo shoot would grow through the live body in just a matter of days! Ouch!
Thomas Edison used a carbonized bamboo filament in his very FIRST successful lightbulb!
Fact 16
Bamboo can be trimmed, hedged, thinned out, cut back, sculptured or manicured for ANY garden!
Fact 17
Bamboo grows all over the world, including really cold and really hot countries!
All continents except Europe and Antartica have native bamboo species!
Fact 18
Bamboo comes in many different shapes, sizes and colours! There is green, black, brown, gold, blue, white, grey, orange, purple, red, variegated, and even stripey!
Fact 19
Bamboo POPS! Bamboo is not a flammable material, it does however make a loud popping sound in a fire due to the air pocket between nodes. The very first fire crackers made in China were created out of bamboo.
Fact 20
Bamboo shoots grow so fast they were used as a torture practice by the Japanese in WWII. They would strap an enemy soldier to a bed in a forest over a growing bamboo shoot. The bamboo shoot would grow through the live body in just a matter of days! Ouch!
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