Haha I see Brian asks if it is a weed. Here, even in a drought, bamboo will grow rapidly and it’s very popular in my area with market gardeners. Or it was – these days glass houses are replaced by shade houses and other structures, so in not sure anymore.
Well, it’s not native, but the clumping varieties are widespread here. Running varieties are frowned on because they get out of hand so quickly. I grew running bamboo in my garden in Washington State, alarming my neighbors in the process, but it was easy to keep it under control by severing the runners every fall, Not sure that would work here in the more favorable growing climate.
Bamboo isn’t native to Hawaii. Some varieties are what’s known as canoe plants, brought here by the early Polynesians. Some varieties arrived later, after Captain Cook ‘discovered’ Hawaii!
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I agree.
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Haha I see Brian asks if it is a weed. Here, even in a drought, bamboo will grow rapidly and it’s very popular in my area with market gardeners. Or it was – these days glass houses are replaced by shade houses and other structures, so in not sure anymore.
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Well, it’s not native, but the clumping varieties are widespread here. Running varieties are frowned on because they get out of hand so quickly. I grew running bamboo in my garden in Washington State, alarming my neighbors in the process, but it was easy to keep it under control by severing the runners every fall, Not sure that would work here in the more favorable growing climate.
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That is quite amazing. Is it a weed or native?
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Bamboo isn’t native to Hawaii. Some varieties are what’s known as canoe plants, brought here by the early Polynesians. Some varieties arrived later, after Captain Cook ‘discovered’ Hawaii!
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Thanks, I didn’t think it was
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it has such an organic feel
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The east side of the island is very verdant.
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🙂
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