How Do You Decorate With Bamboo Stalks?
With the hardness and veneer of wood but the renewability of grass, bamboo stalks make an excellent choice for home decor, both inside and out. Live bamboo stalks may serves as eye-catching landscaping or prominent indoor plants, while cured bamboo stalks gain enough resilience to function as home furnishings and accessories. In addition, the Chinese tradition of Feng Shui indicates that bamboo has the unique capability of fighting negative effects of “Sha Chi,” or “killing breath,” counteracting negative energy. Select bamboo plants for your home decor. Running varieties, called monopodial, grow quickly and, if not in containers, become invasive without careful pruning. Clumping varieties, called sympodial, grow in groups but do not produce offshoots that invade nearby spaces. Determine how you want to use your bamboo stalks. If you want living decor, use containers to keep bamboo plants under control. A long container at least 10-inches deep can support a few stalks, or you can creat
