Le Parc Aux Bambous

picture info	Le Parc Aux Bambous The Parc aux Bambous (4 hectares) is a botanical garden specializing in bamboo. Location It is located in Broques, Lapenne, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France, and open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The garden The garden was established on the site of an earlier park dating to the early 20th century, alongside the River Hers, and opened to the public in 2001. In 2006 it was designated a ''Jardin remarquable''. Content Today the garden contains over 100 taxa of bamboo, with a further 50 taxa of Graminaceae (grasses), as well as Japanese sophora and thuja, acacia, oak, black pine, poplar, and broom, lavender, and thyme. Notable plantings include ''Arundo donax'', '' Arundinaria auricoma'', '' Chimonobambusa marmorea'', '' Chimonobambusa quadrangularis'', '' Chimonobambusa tumissinoda'', '' Fargesia jiuzaighou'', '' Fargesia murielae'', '' Fargesia nitida'', '' Fargesia robusta'', '' Fargesia rufa'', ''Panicum virgatum'', ''Phyllostachys aurea'', '' Phy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Lavender ''Lavandula'' (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found in Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, and from Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia to India. Many members of the genus are cultivated extensively in temperate climates as ornamental plants for garden and landscape use, for use as culinary herbs, and also commercially for the extraction of essential oils. The most widely cultivated species, ''Lavandula angustifolia'', is often referred to as lavender, and there is a color named for the shade of the flowers of this species. Lavender has been used over centuries in traditional medicine and cosmetics. Description Plant and leaves The genus includes annual or short-lived herbaceous perennial plants, and shrub-like perennials, subshrubs or small shrubs. Leaf shape is diverse across the genus. They are simple in some commonly cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Phyllostachys Aurea ''Phyllostachys aurea'' is a species of bamboo, and is of the 'running bamboo' type, belonging to the diverse Bambuseae tribe. It is native to Fujian and Zhejiang in China. It is commonly known by the names fishpole bamboo, golden bamboo, monk's belly bamboo, and fairyland bamboo (Australia). Cultivation ''Phyllostachis aurea'' is cultivated as an ornamental plant for gardens. In the United States, Australia and Italy, it is considered an invasive species that crowds out native species and becomes a monoculture that is difficult to remove. It is a cold-hardy bamboo, performing well in USDA zones 6 to 10, (Connecticut to Florida). In the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is a tall evergreen species growing to tall by broad. Like most bamboos it can become invasive if kept in warm, moist conditions in good quality soil with access to full sunlight. It is a prohibited species in New York. Cultivars Cultivars include: * ''P. aurea'' 'Flav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Panicum Virgatum ''Panicum virgatum'', commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55th parallel north, 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico. Switchgrass is one of the dominant species of the central North American tallgrass prairie and can be found in remnant prairies, in native grass pastures, and naturalized along roadsides. It is used primarily for soil conservation, forage production, game cover, as an ornamental grass, in phytoremediation projects, fiber, electricity, heat production, for biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and more recently as a biomass crop for ethanol and butanol. Other common names for switchgrass include tall panic grass, Wobsqua grass, blackbent, tall prairiegrass, wild Agrostis, redtop, thatchgrass, and Virginia switchgrass. Description Switchgrass is a hardy, deep-rooted, Perennial plant, perennial rhizome, rhizomatous grass that begins grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fargesia Rufa ''Fargesia rufa'' is a woody bamboo native to western China. It is known in Chinese as ''qingchuan jianzhu'' (), meaning "''Qingchuan Fargesia''", ''Qingchuan'' being a county within the prefecture-level city of Guangyuan in the north of Sichuan. It is found at high elevations in the north of this province as well is in the south of Gansu. The plant is a significant source of food for the giant panda The giant panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca''), also known as the panda bear (or simply the panda), is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes us .... Cultivation ''F. rufa'' is commonly used as an ornamental plant outside of its natural range due to its compact habit and hardiness. Like all other species of the genus ''Fargesia'', ''F. rufa'' displays a non-invasive clumping habit. Compared to ''F. murielae'' and ''F. nitida'', ''F. rufa'' has twice the growth rate and responds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fargesia Robusta ''Fargesia robusta'' is a species of clumping bamboo in the family Poaceae, native to Sichuan, China. Typically but reaching , and with a narrow growth form, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental. A number of cultivars are commercially available, including 'Campbell', 'Pingwu' ( is derived from 'Pingwu'), 'Wenchuan', and 'Wolong'. It is a food source for giant pandas but grows at too low an elevation for them to exploit, unless there has been a die-off of their usual species. It is a member of the ''Fargesia spathacea'' species complex, and may not be a distinct species. References robusta ROBUSTA (Radiation on Bipolar for University Satellite Test Application) is a nano-satellite scientific experiment developed by the University of Montpellier students as part of a Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) call for student projects ... Endemic flora of China Flora of South-Central China Plants described in 1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fargesia Nitida ''Fargesia nitida'', commonly named blue fountain bamboo, is a clumping bamboo native to Szechwan, China. Medium to small and very cold hardy, but not tolerant of very high summer temperatures. This species bloomed in the years 2002–2005, so is not expected to bloom again for another 120 years. This bloom is causing problems for the endangered Giant Panda The giant panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca''), also known as the panda bear (or simply the panda), is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes us ..., which consumes bamboo exclusively. References nitida {{Bamboo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fargesia Murielae ''Fargesia murielae'', the umbrella bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is a large, clump-forming evergreen bamboo, closely resembling '' Fargesia nitida'' in the same genus, but with yellow canes. Description Considered one of the most beautiful bamboos in cultivation, ''Fargesia murielae'' is native to the mountains of central China, introduced by Ernest Henry Wilson in 1913 and named after his daughter. Its common name "umbrella bamboo" describes the graceful weeping habit of this plant. It grows at elevations of . It usually grows up to , with a diameter of about 0.5 inch, and is hardy to . Its USDA plant hardiness zone is 5 through 9 which is not desirable in climates with high heat and humidity such as southeastern states. The leaves are longer than they are wide, have pointed ends, and are arranged singly along the leaf stem. It quickly forms a dense clump of closely spaced canes that are hard to see under a mass of foliage. The new shoots ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fargesia Jiuzaighou ''Fargesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family. These bamboos are native primarily to China, with a few species in Vietnam and in the eastern Himalayas. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals, with common names including umbrella bamboo and fountain bamboo. They are medium to small mountain clumping bamboos, native to alpine conifer forests of East Asia, from China south to Vietnam and west to the eastern slopes of the Himalayas. They are known in Chinese as ''jian zhu'' (), meaning "arrow bamboo". The scientific name was given in honour of the French missionary and amateur botanist Père Paul Guillaume Farges (1844–1912). Fargesias are some of the world's hardiest bamboos, but they do not spread vigorously. Common bamboos in the genus ''Fargesia'' are essential foods for giant pandas, and large-scale flowering of its species has had a devastating effect on panda populations. Giant panda habitat will therefore need at least two species of ''Farg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Chimonobambusa Tumissinoda ''Chimonobambusa'' is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family. They are native to China, Japan, Vietnam, Myanmar, and the Himalayas. ;Species ;formerly included see '' Ampelocalamus Bambusa Chimonocalamus Drepanostachyum Himalayacalamus Vietnamosasa Yushania ''Yushania'' is a genus of bamboo in the grass family. Recent classification systems place ''Yushania'' in the tribe Arundinarieae. The species of ''Yushania'' are evergreen, spreading, thornless bamboos native to Himalayan, African, Chinese ...'' References Guadua Bamboo {{Taxonbar, from=Q2705021 Bambusoideae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]