Gracilis, that wonderful screening bamboo

Gracilis Bamboo used to create a driveway screen in under 2 years

We have spoken about Gracilis before but look at these photos.  In less than 2 years there is a beautiful green screen down the driveway.  This provides excellent privacy and also a wind barrier.

The botanical name for this versatile bamboo is Bambusa textilis var. gracilis with a common name of Slender Weavers bamboo.  We use the word versatile as it quite drought tolerant and can also handle very cold temperatures. This means it is perfect for our country given the varied temperatures and conditions this plant has to contend with.  

This is a clumping type of bamboo as can be seen by these pictures. The culms clump together to build that perfect hedge or screen.  We can give more information about how many you need to plant to create the desired screen at your property. 

Gracilis Bamboo clump

This bamboo has a maximum height of approximately 6 to 8 metres which is sufficient to hide neighbouring buildings.  Another reason this bamboo is great for screening is it is very fast growing. The picture of the driveway screen above show that this screen was created in about 1.5 years.

As always, we are just at the end of the phone if you have any queries about this bamboo or any other bamboo (1300 654 454).  You can also come to our nursery to see this an our other bamboo varieties, or you can visit at one of our many different markets and expos.

Bamboo Socks From Bamboo Creations Nursery

Bamboo Creations Nursery has many types of Bamboo Socks

Here is some information about Bamboo fibre products

Bamboo textiles are cloth, yarn, and clothing made out of bamboo fibres. While historically used only for structural elements, such as bustles and the ribs of corsets. In recent years a range of technologies have been developed allowing bamboo fibre to be used in a wide range of textile and fashion applications. Modern bamboo clothing is clothing made from either 100% bamboo yarn or a blend of bamboo and cotton yarn. The bamboo yarn can also be blended with other textile fibres such as hemp or even spandex.

Bamboo Creations Nursery has many bamboo products that you could purchase through our 

Shopping cart Click on the Bamboo Socks below to see our bamboo products and we have many many more to come. Keep an eye on our blog for Sales and new bamboo products by joining this site on your right side.

We are offering Free postage for purchasing 5 items or more.The free postage is for only 4 weeks 

So get those orders in before you miss out on the postage savings. Here is a link to our bamboo fibre product page so you can check out the range of our products and all the colours that are available: Bamboo Socks

Bamboo Thick Socks

Comfort Business Socks

 

Sports Crew Socks

Sports Ped Socks

Bamboo Charcoal Health Socks

Mens Singlets

Mens Trunks

Women's Singlets

Women’s Underwear

BIKINI Style

BOYLEG Style 

The Seymour Expo

The Seymour Expo 

A truly great day with lots to see and buy  

Today &  To morrow is the Expo in Seymour 

Come see Our bamboo range and Our Bamboo Socks

We have many socks in many style 

Bamboo Fibre products are enviro friendly and very comfortable to wear

Remember your feet are important 

So buy them good quality socks From Bamboo Creations Nursery 

All made from bamboo 

Also you can buy on line 

Click on the link below to see our Bamboo Fibre products 

http://www.bamboo-plants.com.au/bamboo-fibre-socks.php

Come along and say hi To Bamboo Creations Nursery Suit 28 

Bamboo Thick Socks

Comfort Business Socks

 

Sports Crew Socks

Sports Ped Socks

Bamboo Charcoal Health Socks

Mens Singlets

Mens Trunks

Women's Singlets

Women’s Underwear

BIKINI Style

BOYLEG Style 

Seymour Alternative Farming Expo

Bamboo Creations Victoria attending Seymour Expo

Yes, The Seymour Alternative Farming expo is here again. It is a massive event that needs 3 days for people to see everything.  It is running from the 20th until the 22nd of February 2015 (that is this weekend starting on Friday). This runs from 9am until 5pm daily. It is held in Kings Park on Tallarook Street in Seymour.  

Seymour is a lovely drive up the Hume Highway or a more scenic route is up through Yea on the Goulburn Valley Highway.

According to the Seymour Alternative Farming expo website, this event has more than 450 exhibitors. This event also has a lecture series so you can learn a few things while looking at and purchasing the latest products. Come up and say hello, we would love to see you at Seymour. Our website has all the dates of this and other events with a link to each of the individual events websites.

Did you know?

We will be taking to Seymour a few bamboo that can be used for timber and some that are edible.  Yes that is correct you can eat some types of bamboo. 

Tall Bamboo with think canes are used for timber.  This is very handy due to the fast growing nature of bamboo.  You can quickly grow very large bamboo canes that can be used to build with.  You can use the timber for building fences or other structures.  We have seen overseas that some people even use bamboo for scaffolding up the side of buildings for building maintenance.  An example is the pictures in our website photo gallery (Photos from our Visits). In Bali a house has been built using only Bamboo.

Berwick and Violet Town

Bamboo Creations @ Violet Town market

It looks like good weather on this weekend so why not come for a drive and visit us at either Violet Town (Sat) or Berwick (Sun).

Violet Town Market

On Saturday we will be attending the Violet Town market. Violet Town is just up the Hume Highway between Euroa and Benella. This is held at the Violet Town recreation reserve in Tulip St.  It is open from 8:30am to 1pm.  This market has approximately 250 stall holders so be prepared to spend a bit of time wandering through arts, crafts, Plants (including bamboo), fresh produce, tools, furniture and much more.

Berwick

On Sunday we will be at Berwick so if you could not make it to Violet Town then have a drive down the Princes Highway to Berwick.  This market is held at the Akoonah Park which is on Princes Highway. This also has many stalls for you to wander through.

Free delivery to one of our markets.

People are starting to take advantage of our offer to provide free delivery to our markets as we will be taking quite a few orders this weekend to both Violet Town and Berwick markets.  If you would like to make use of this service then give us a ring during the week on 1300 654 454.

Our website also has additional information and links to the above Markets.

Clever uses of Nepalese Blue

Nepalese Blue Bamboo as a green wall

People are using Bamboo in really amazing and innovative ways.  The picture on the right shows how people in Bendigo have brought the outside in.  They have created a glass panel looking out to a lovely green screen outside (clever as this will be green without needing painting). These pictures also show the growth rate of this stunning bamboo as these were planted in 2013. So in no time, all you will be able to see from the inside is green.

Nepalese Blue bamboo is the common name for Himalayacalamus Porcatus Bamboo.  This is a clumping type of bamboo with a maximum height of about 4 metres.  This bamboo gets its common name from the fact that the canes have a fantastic blue colour (refer to picture below).

Nepalese blue canes and picture of Nepalese blue clump