Bamboo is a miracle grass that produces more oxygen than trees and grows rapidly.
Bamboo can thrive even in erratic weather, mediocre soil, and with very little care (once established). In our tropical environment, the most sustainable type of construction material is bamboo. It boasts many other virtues as well, including serving as a windbreak, nutritious shoots for consumption, material for textiles and clothing, adding specific nutrients back into depleted soil, suppressing grasses and other weedy species, and adding to the aesthetic beauty of a property. There are so many gorgeous bamboo species to choose from, and we recommend planting a variety to make use of its differing purposes and continue to bring diversity to the system.
We are abundantly grateful to purchase gorgeous, non-invasive bamboo stock from our friends at Quindembo Bamboo Nursery.
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Black asper (Betung Hitam. Dendrocalamus asper) | native to Indonesia. The shoots are of very good quality, and the lumber is amongst the best that bamboos have to offer.
Philippine Sweet Shoot (Dendrocalamus sikkimensis) | A favorite edible shoot in the Phillippines, used to create moonshine as well.
Barbie/Tropical blue hedge (Bambusa chungii Barballata) | Gorgeous privacy screen, windbreak, or stand-alone landscape specimen bamboo with great color accents. Reaches about 30ft in height. Does well at any elevation in Hawai'i.
(Gigantochloa atroviolacea) | native to Indonesia. Beautiful shoots are edible and used for musical instruments and construction.
Timor Black Bamboo (Bambusa lako) | A stunning plant from East Timor in the Indonesian Archipelago with shiny black canes with intermittent green stripes. Fantastic screen, delicious edible shoot, and quality lumber material.