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Sunday 2 October 2011

Bamboo



October always heralds the begining of the new seasons Bamboo shoots. The life force in bamboo is so powerful. Each year it blows me away how much bigger the culms are getting and the speed growth.


This is a three year old Moso plant. When mature its culms will be up to 250mm across and will reach up to 20 meters high. We are lucky enough to have a mature stand down the road that we use for scaffolding, our giant teepee, climbing frames................