Hakone Garden
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grean_tea21000 Big Basin Way
Saratoga, CA 95070
408-741-4994
Bamboo Giant Gardens
Exotic species can be found at the secret gardens of Bamboo Giant - Santa Cruz, California on 31-acres with many acres of rare, specimen bamboo including over 100 species and many mature groves. It is said to be one of the largest display bamboo gardens in the USA.
The garden also consists of rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas, deciduous magnolias, gingkoes, dogwoods, lilacs, roses, palms, purple leaf plum, birches, irises, callas, cannas, clematis, honeysuckle, jasmine, wisteria, giant tree dahlias, redwood groves, oaks, cedars and large ponds with fish, frogs, water lilies, water irises and Egyptian water lotus, etc.
It takes approximately an hour for the long tour through all of the groves. The short tour is 20 minutes. You will see Giant timber Moso, giant ebony black timber, bright green towering timber with huge canes the size of oatmeal containers, timber with beautiful green stripes on banana yellow canes, as well as black stripes on green canes. There are green canes with yellow groves and gray-green canes with black spots, known as snakeskin. Additionally, there are crooked canes, purple, brown, red, square canes and Buddha belly, etc. Some new shoots are pink, bluish/gray, spotted, etc. and grow over a foot per day. Many of the bamboo in this garden can’t be seen anywhere else in the world.
We are located on the Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz County. Please call for details and an appointment for a guided garden tour.
Saratoga, CA 95070
408-741-4994
Bamboo Giant Gardens
Exotic species can be found at the secret gardens of Bamboo Giant - Santa Cruz, California on 31-acres with many acres of rare, specimen bamboo including over 100 species and many mature groves. It is said to be one of the largest display bamboo gardens in the USA.
The garden also consists of rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas, deciduous magnolias, gingkoes, dogwoods, lilacs, roses, palms, purple leaf plum, birches, irises, callas, cannas, clematis, honeysuckle, jasmine, wisteria, giant tree dahlias, redwood groves, oaks, cedars and large ponds with fish, frogs, water lilies, water irises and Egyptian water lotus, etc.
It takes approximately an hour for the long tour through all of the groves. The short tour is 20 minutes. You will see Giant timber Moso, giant ebony black timber, bright green towering timber with huge canes the size of oatmeal containers, timber with beautiful green stripes on banana yellow canes, as well as black stripes on green canes. There are green canes with yellow groves and gray-green canes with black spots, known as snakeskin. Additionally, there are crooked canes, purple, brown, red, square canes and Buddha belly, etc. Some new shoots are pink, bluish/gray, spotted, etc. and grow over a foot per day. Many of the bamboo in this garden can’t be seen anywhere else in the world.
We are located on the Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz County. Please call for details and an appointment for a guided garden tour.
