June
Tuesday 6/05/07
We are preparing for the delivery next week of over 120 large custom dug bamboo divisions to Orlando. We have deliveries to Nashville, Tn. and Houston, Tx. the 3rd. and 4th. week of this month so there will be plenty of new photos coming soon.

May
Thursday 5/31/07

Today we are delivering a load of large field divisions once again to Georgia. We will have some news of this trip soon as we return. Yesterday, we had some very nice visitors needing a privacy screening bamboo. We were excited to help them out and always make time even during our busy season.

	Over the weekend we wrapped up several hundred bamboo poles. We prepared these bundles of 25 poles 8 feet long to be shipped out this past Monday. These went out to 10 locations of Macy's for use in displays.
We have some beautiful Fastuosa viridis available now, but hurry they are going fast.

Wednesday 5/30/07

Jeremy and David called on Tuesday and wanted to know if we could help them. After contacting two bamboo nurseries within 50 miles of us and having an unpleasant experience with both, they gave us a call. Spring time is the busy season for most all nurseries. Many nurseries are understaffed making it difficult to help everyone with their needs. We have grown with the demand for bamboo and will always take time to help you anyway we can. If we cannot help you personally, we will be courteous and refer you to someone who can.  Rachel was happy to answer all their questions and schedule them for an appointment quickly.

They have 200 linear feet to screen out in nearby Leeds, Alabama. After touring all the groves and they decided to go with the 'Golden' bamboo which we have a great sale on right now. They will be ordering over 40 of the large 15 gallon sizes. We will delivering their bamboo free since they are around 50 miles away. We will have plenty of photos on this upcoming delivery.

Thanks for visiting Jeremy and David, we really enjoyed meeting you.

To the left and below are photos of the beautiful little divisions of A.g. tecta we are delivering to Louisiana soon. A golf course has ordered 105 of these to go around one of the lakes on the course.

This bamboo does very well in full sun or heavy shade. In shaded areas it will remain short usually under three feet in height. In full sun and good soil conditions it can grow from 6 to 8 feet in height. A new species of North American bamboo has been recently documented and looks very similar to typical tecta. It has been named Hill Cane or Arundinaria Appalachiana. We are awaiting more evidence on this newly named species before adding it to our collection.

	Take a look at this rare little bamboo shown to the left.
Only one 3 gallon division left of this variegated shrub bamboo. 'Vaginatus Variegatus'

Friday 5/25/07

Sue and her daughter visited today to purchase some ground cover bamboo. Sue and her husband visited in 2005 and purchased some Phyllostachy Nigra 'black'. This year they had over 30 new canes from two plants. With such great growth from bamboo, they decided to purchase some ground cover for some of their flower beds around their pool. We really enjoyed their visit and wish them continued luck with their bamboo. Thanks.

5/22/07

Tony visited us yesterday from Georgia. He was quite familiar with bamboo having grown several species. He works with clients on oriental garden consulting and installations. Having visited Steve Ray's Bamboo Gardens and Georgia Bamboo, our local top competitors, he chose to purchase from us.    Standing on one of our river docks, we look at some of the bamboo planted for erosion control.
Below, Shibataea lancifolia was one of several ground cover bamboo he picked chose. With many mature groves of ground covers that most bamboo gardens do not have, we are able to offer established full containers of these rare bamboo.	Tony picked out 3 nice containers of Pleioblastus viridistriatus 'Dwarf Green Stripe' shown above.

Pleioblastus viridistriatus 'Chrysophyllus' was also added to his selections.

Always a favorite in the shrub bamboo is Indocalamus latifolius, Tony also picked out three of these.

He toured the groves for several hours and went home with some beautiful low growing bamboo. Thanks again Tony, we look forward to your next visit.

5/19/07

Today we confirmed an order of 105 the small North American native bamboo, Arundinaria gigantea 'tecta', shown below. Some more beautiful photos will be added to our home page of this little native bamboo. We will have some great photos of this delivery soon. This order will be going to yet another golf course located in Louisiana.


We recently increased the height of our custom boxes used for shipping mail order bamboo.

Coming soon will be photos of a recently confirmed order to Orlando, Florida. This is a large order so there will be plenty of beautiful photos. With the additional 48 acres added to our nursery we can now accommodate large 18 wheel trucks which will be transport orders we do not personally deliver. This order will be a two part delivery with the first delivery in June. Below are some photos of a few species they have selected.

'AllGOLD'	'AllGOLD'
Huge and drought hardy 'Giant Gray' Henon.

Several hundred Phyllostachys aurea 'Golden' will be used for one of their screening bamboo.
	Fast growing Okuboi will be used for their medium height screening bamboo. This bamboo provides privacy with many limbs beginning at the one foot level.

Rubromarginata is always a favorite bamboo and this order will consist of many 15 gallon sizes.

5/11/07
  We think that the bamboo bug has bitten Edwin from Fulton, Mississippi. He and his lovely wife visited three years ago. In April, Edward returned two times to purchased more bamboo to add to his collection. Today, he returned with his wife to pick up more and show his grandson some bamboo groves.

   We custom dug P. vivax 'Aureocaulis' and P. bambusoides 'Castillon' that he will pick up in 4 to 5 weeks after they have enough time to stabilize. Today he purchased P. aurea 'Koi' and P. aureosulcata 'Spectabilis' . Edwin is putting in some of the more attractive and unusual species that will give in beautiful, colorful groves.





5/09/07

   Plenty of news and photos for the first of May. Visitors, out of state deliveries and another delivery to East Dale Mall was done at the beginning of the week. This has been our busiest year to date and we wish to express our gratitude to all our customers.

   Below photos show us loading up the custom dug 'Giant Gray' Henon for delivery today the 9th. These are going to Georgia and range from 26 to 30 feet in length. The average weigh of these giants were 300 pounds each.

Two landscapers visited our nursery Wednesday to tour the groves and pick up two 15 gallon size 'Black'.
	After touring the groves and learning about the species they had selected, we loaded them up for their trip home. We enjoyed their visit and it is always great to have another landscaping firm pick Lewis Bamboo for their source.

Another load of bamboo was delivered to East Dale Mall in Montgomery, Alabama this week. This time they ordered 24 large divisions of 'bissetii'. They varied the order with height ranges from 8 to over 20 feet. These photos show some of the bamboo we delivered on their first order and second order.	It was beautiful and had adapted very well to its new home.

We hope all their customers enjoy this beautiful bamboo.

5/04/07

   We had the pleasure of delivering to Scott and Mandy in Lake Charles, LA this afternoon. Scott already had three different species of clumping bamboos growing because he is in zone 8 but they weren't providing him with all the privacy that he wanted. Not to mention that he loved the look of running bamboos.

Scott looks on as the tape is cut to let the plastic loose to reveal the bamboo that he had ordered.    His Phyllostachys nigra 'Black' was about sixteen feet tall with some new shoots.

    Scott had ordered Phyllostachys 'Moso' and Phyllostachys nigra ' Black'. He wants to add Phyllostachys nigra 'Henon' to his collection this fall. He wants to visit our Bamboo Farm and bring his father to see some 'big' bamboo growing.

They had a beautiful yard but had lost 30 something trees to hurricane Rita and just wanted some shade and privacy back.     The 'Moso' should make a beautiful grove and provide them with lots of cover.     The P. nigra 'Black' will be a focal point added to his front yard.

5/03/07

   Today we delivered Phyllostachys Aurea to some landscapers in Akin, South Carolina. This is a beautiful town. Apparently it is growing really fast and therefore needs screens when residential and commercial areas meet. One delivery was in a new golf course neighborhood. It was to block a camper dealership that was adjacent the house. The other delivery was to a home in an equestrian neighborhood. Please see pictures below of this nice house in a historical section of the town.