10 fun facts about bamboos

 

Here are 10 bamboos fun facts that you should know

1 - Bamboo is the FASTEST growing land plant in the world... the only thing that is growing quicker is giant sea kelp in the ocean!

2 -  Bamboo is a giant grass! It is not a tree. Bamboo grows with shallow grass like roots (just like lawn), they just grow hard woody culms instead! 

3 - Bamboo cools down the surrounding air by up to 8 degrees in summer! This acts as a natural air conditioning for your garden and any buildings in proximity. 

 4 - Bamboo rarely flowers and seeds, only about every 100 years or so. When it does, every plant of that same species seeds at the exact same time across the globe! 

5 - Clumping bamboo purifies the air up to 30% more effectively then any other plant! Your brain literally gets an oxygen high around it! This makes you happier & relieves tension & headaches!

  6 - here are over 1,500 species of bamboo in the world! Australia has around 400 and we specialise in the top 50 species that suit home gardens the best! (And pandas only eat 42 species out of 1,500!) 

7 - Thomas Edison used a carbonized bamboo filament in his very FIRST successful lightbulb! 

8 - Bamboo leaves are made into a delicious tea! It tastes similar to green tea and is comparable with nutritional benefits. 

 9 - Bamboo comes in many different shapes, sizes and colours! There is green, black, brown, gold, blue, white, grey, orange, purple, red, variegated, and even stripey! 

10 - During earthquakes in Asian countries, people run into bamboo groves and forests as they are known as very safe places. This is due to their very safe and stable root structure but also their symbolism for luck and fortune!