Welcome to Bamboo HQ!
Bamboo Headquarters is a wholesale, retail and mail order bamboo specialty nursery in Vista, California. We have one of the largest selections of bamboo plants in the U.S. with over 270 species of bamboo available. Our sister company, BotanicalPartners.com grows: Palms, Cycads, Exotics, Waterwise, Australian & African Plants.
Shop for Bamboo
Bamboo HQ is the largest Bamboo mail order bamboo
nursery in the country! We take special care when shipping your plants, which allows us to send plants that are as tall as 5 feet to anywhere in the US!
If you need a place to start, try using our Bamboo Finder. The Bamboo Finder will allow you to filter which bamboos will do best in your area. Just enter your zip code to get your climate zone, then hit search.
Bamboo 101
Take the quickest course available on bamboo; including
debunking bamboo myths, basic plant care, and when a bamboo isn't a bamboo. Once you have passed your Bamboo 101 course, be sure to browse our bamboo articles
Between classes, don't forget to take a virtual bamboo tour of Bamboo Headquarters!
Blog and Frequently Asked Questions
Live in Southern California?
Come and Visit! We grow a lot more than just bamboo. View our entire availability. Larger sizes available for pickup or delivery! Appointment reccomended for first time visitors, call or email us to schedule your visitor place an order(Mon - Sat 8-4).
Wholesale?
Visit our wholesale website www.BotanicalPartners.com
Featured Books
Bamboo: Gift of the Gods, Oscar Hidalgo
Architect Oscar Hidalgo has dedicated his life to bamboo research, and teaching the world about the limitless possibilities of this remarkable plant. Born in a bamboo house in Chinchina, Colombia, bamboo construction was common in his state, where many residential and public buildings...
American Bamboo Society - Bamboo Source List
This book that the American Bamboo Society (ABS) has compiled. It a Source List of bamboo plants and products. This list includes more than 420 kinds (species, subspecies, varieties or cultivars) of bamboo available in the US and Canada plus many bamboo related products.
Bamboo Handbook, Durnford Dart
Exclusively available in the U.S.A. from Bamboo Headquarters! A guide for bamboo selection, establishment, and utilisation for farmers, growers & product developers.
Hardy Bamboos - Taming the Dragon
The distillation of years of hands-on growing experience, this is the ultimate bamboo reference book for cool-climate gardeners. Enthusiasts will delight in the variety of new possibilities for their collection and gardeners everywhere will be captivated by the charm bamboos bring to countless...
Bamboo for Gardens, Meredith
The bulk of the book is an encyclopedia of bamboo genera, species, and cultivars. More than 300 bamboos from 40 genera are described in detail, with information on size, lighting and temperature requirements, native range, and landscape and other uses. Excellent color photos and line drawings illustrate...
Bamboo in Japan
Without exaggeration, one can say that bamboo's presence in Japan is so perrasive that bardly a day goes by, anywhere in the country, without some interaction with bamboo.
We have many books about bamboo, below are some of our featured one. Visit our books page for more.
Articles
Take a look at our bamboo articles!
