Bamboo for Gardens

This book goes right to the details that you need to know, not a lot of fluff or scientific data that you don’t. helps you decide what type of bamboo to purchase.

Great information, beautiful photos and exactly as expected. Very pleased with my purchase from Good Will of Silicon Valley.

Timely delivery. Book is in very good condition

Great must have book for any bamboo enthusiast!

As an amateur gardener who had to learn everything about bamboo - in a place where my neighbors were paranoid that all bamboo runs rampant, this book could answer all my questions and give me detailed information on bamboo in general and then by each species. I now know what bamboo to contain (and how) and what bamboo can keep my neighbors fretting to a minimum.I also learned that many types of bamboo have been wrongly classified (or reclassified) so it is important to know their various Latin names when e-mailing garden centers for info.The book is well-written in layman's terms and I would recommend this book to anyone starting out learning about bamboo. It is my bamboo bible - I keep it up by my bedside and often open it up just to learn about another type of bamboo - they are so different and varied!

I was not expecting this book to be what it turned out to be. I had hoped it might be another Hardy Bamboos ala Whittaker. But it is certainly not that. But now after having read it I am glad it is what it is, that being a very useful, fact-filled compendium and quasi-encyclopoedia on the bamboos.Ted has done his homework. He has read thoroughly the recent literature, esp. Lynn Clark's work at Iowa. His botanical erudition was surprising and welcome. I know more now about bamboo's physiology than I ever thought I'd wanted to know! There are not alot of photos. Certainly nothing like Whittaker's photo selection which includes shots of just about every bamboo covered. Nor are his species descriptions anything like the comprehensive and often highly personal accounts of Whittaker. So don't buy this book for a guide to the specific bamboos. It is more useful for the bambusaphile and botanist and ardent plantsman who wants to really get down and know bamboos inside and out. If that is the order of the day, then this is a great book.But I am still in love with Hardy Bamboos: Taming the Dragon!

Truly a great source of information about bamboo. Also, the pictures in the book are really excellent!

Full of very useful information on how bamboo grow and how to get the best out of them, plus lots of species descriptions. The author is very knowledgeable and an excellent writer, making this book an enjoyable read. I put "Bamboo for Gardens" at the top of my list of my books on bamboo for the quality and depth of information and also the quality of production, with beautiful photos.