The Gardens on Spring Creek

  What’s Blooming:   Bamboo! by Kolt Herkstroeter, Gardener, Gardens on Spring Creek Winter in Colorado can often be overlooked horticulturally, with a vast array of plants going into dormancy, patiently waiting for the hospitable conditions of spring. Many people look to coniferous plants   to help fill the void of green during these cold, lackluster months. Among a celebration of pines, spruces, junipers and firs, a surprising guest has shown up on the scene. Rarely seen and not from around these parts, bamboo is often used as an indoor plant.   However, it does have horticultural significance in the cold, windy winters of Colorado, and it is here to party. For most Colorado natives such as myself, bamboo is an exotic plant that is infrequently talked about or used in our neck of the woods. For others coming from warmer and wetter eastern areas of the United States, bamboo is typically seen as a tree (even though it’s a grass), weed, privacy screen or just another plant that gro