Garden bamboo plants are popular in the United Kingdom (UK) and are the main features of many gardens.  They have attractive foliage and bri...

Online data has shown that in the last 5 years, there is a high demand for bamboo plants. In particular, the clump-forming bamboo plants hav...

Black bamboo plants are flowering in the UK. These images I took at the Kew Bamboo Garden show the cultivar Phyllostachys nigra 'Meguroc...

Black Bamboo nigra is an award-winning bamboo for its unique features.  The RHS described it as ‘one of the most elegant bamboos, with poli...

Homeowners and gardeners are wondering which bamboo plant would be most suited for screening purposes. Some bamboo plants, called running ba...

Do you know they're running and clumping black bamboos that thrive in the UK? These black bamboos, including the Nigra, tend to exhibit ...

Black bamboo plants are expensive compared to the other plants. For the success of the new plants, here is what you can do. Check out the bl...

The old culms and rhizomes of the black running bamboo Phyllostachys nigra will need pruning to promote new growth.  The thick bamboo bush m...

Phyllostachys nigra 'Megurochiku'  bamboo has olive-green stems with a black stripe through the sulcus.  The new stems appear green,...

‘Boryana’  is a stunning Phyllostachys nigra bamboo, also called Tiger Bamboo or simply ‘Bory’.  It has upright tall stems with distinctive ...

Phyllostachys nigra f. henonis   is a tall running bamboo with bright green stems that turn olive green.  Quite tricky to differentiate betw...

Phyllostachys nigra, also called Black Bamboo, are evergreen fast-growing ornamental plants.  The black bamboos have spectacular ebony black...

  The running black bamboo nigra are resilient plants.  They tend to thrive in the UK and are commonly used as privacy screens and for garde...