Add to that bamboo's green credentials and it would seem like an excellent material to help the construction industry cut its carbon footprint. Like trees, bamboo plants sequester carbon as they ...

Although most people imagine bamboo as towering, tree-like growths, it is actually a grass. Its life cycle is remarkable and almost mystical. The flowering cycles of bamboo species can range from ...

Plants reach maturity in about 5 years. Buddha’s Belly Bamboo: Has swollen internodes, which give it its name, and this trait increases when it’s under stress. Can be grown in containers and ...

A BC man's bamboo tree caused a rift between him and his neighbours after the neighbours allegedly cut it with a pruner.

Paulownia’s growth rate is nothing short of astonishing. This tree can reach heights of up to 40 feet in just a few years, ...

The Forest department is mulling over another initiative called bamboo rejuvenation project, as part of which bamboo plants would be raised in 200 hectares in the Sathnala block between Bela and ...