美国德克萨斯竹子苗圃 Bamboo Texas – 美国南部历史最悠久的非入侵丛生竹专精苗圃

美国德克萨斯竹子苗圃（Bamboo Texas，bambooteaxas.com）是美国南部最具代表性的非入侵性丛生竹专精苗圃与零售 / 批发兼营机构之一，由 Wendy 与 John Nelson 家族经营，自 1990 年代末起持续在美国得克萨斯州休斯顿西北部（Northwest Houston）与南得克萨斯（South Texas）地区栽培和销售适合亚热带与温带气候的丛生竹品种，迄今已有 25 年以上的种苗生产与销售经验。苗圃的官方自我定位是”种植与销售稀有而优质的非入侵性丛生竹，专精于隐私屏障与景观应用”（We grow and sell rare and fine non-invasive clumping bamboos for privacy screens and landscaping），主营 Bambusa textilis（箣竹属）与 Bambusa multiplex（撑篙竹属）两大亚热带丛生竹家族，所有售出植物均为得克萨斯州本土栽培多年、已适应本土气候的成熟株。苗圃的客户服务对象覆盖家庭园艺爱好者（零售）、景观设计师与商业苗圃（批发），并向现役军人、警察、消防员、退伍军人提供 5% 折扣。2025 年苗圃被 American Bamboo Society Magazine（2025 年 10 月刊）专题报道，并被选为 2026 年 10 月 American Bamboo Society 全国大会的主办方，这一荣誉将由得克萨斯州休斯顿都会区承办。

创办人 Wendy 与 John Nelson

Wendy 与 John Nelson 是苗圃的共同创办人与长期经营者，也是美国南部非入侵性丛生竹领域最资深的从业者之一。两人自 1990 年代末起持续在得克萨斯州栽培 Bambusa textilis（箣竹属）与 Bambusa multiplex（撑篙竹属）两大亚热带丛生竹家族，积累 25 年以上的本土气候适配与种苗繁育经验。Wendy 负责客户沟通、订单处理与种植规划咨询，是苗圃对零售客户与景观设计师的”第一接口”；John Nelson 负责苗圃日常运营、客户教育内容发布与对外品牌建设，2025 年他在 Articles 板块发布的第一篇博客中详细介绍了春夏竹子养护 6 大要点、军人 / 警察 / 消防折扣、景观专业人士批发报价、Texas Bamboo Society 与 American Bamboo Society 来访交流、以及 2026 年 ABS 全国大会的筹备进展。两人作为家族企业（family-run operation）成员长期活跃于本地园艺社区，并通过 Customer Gallery 板块与客户建立长期视觉档案关系。2025 年 12 月，Nelson 家族迎来了第一个孙辈（Leanna），这一家庭喜讯也被写入 Articles 板块博客，体现苗圃作为家族企业的人文温度。

苗圃概况与品牌沿革

苗圃由 Wendy 与 John Nelson 家族经营，Wendy 主要负责客户沟通、订单处理与种植规划咨询，John Nelson 负责苗圃运营与对外内容发布。苗圃的运营基地设于得克萨斯州休斯顿都会区西北部（Northwest Houston），并在南得克萨斯州（South Texas）地区运营辅助设施。苗圃的核心特色是 25 年以上的”得州本土栽培”经验——苗圃明确指出，很多市售竹子并非在得克萨斯州栽培，标签也可能不准确，潜在客户应向可信赖的供应商咨询品种与气候适配性。苗圃聚焦于”亚热带丛生竹”（subtropical clumping bamboo）——这类竹子的根系为短根茎结构（sympodial），天生每年只能扩散数英寸，不会形成入侵性的散生竹丛。每个丛生竹丛在成熟时会占据 8–10 英尺直径的空间，新笋每年夏季从既有丛生竹周边萌发，植株在数年内达到成熟高度与秆径。丛生竹比散生竹在高度与秆径成熟速度上更快，能更快形成客户期望的隐私屏障效果。苗圃的丛生竹品种均以得克萨斯州中部至南部的冬季气候为目标，**最低抗寒 18°F**（Bambusa textilis 家族）或 **15–17°F**（Bambusa multiplex 家族略更耐寒）。

产品体系与品种目录

苗圃的产品按植物类分为 Bambusa textilis（箣竹属）与 Bambusa multiplex（撑篙竹属）两大组。Bambusa textilis 组的核心品种包括：Graceful Bamboo（B. textilis gracilis，节间紧凑，可达 25 英尺高 + 1.5 英寸径，是经典紧密型丛生隐私屏障）、Weavers Bamboo、Chinese Goddess、Golden Goddess、Silverstripe、Green Hedge、Alphonse Karr（与 Green Hedge 类似，但秆色为黄绿不规则纵条纹，25 英尺高 + 1.5 英寸径）、Textilis Maculata、Textilis Glabra、Midori Green、Goldstripe、Dwarf Textilis、Emerald Bamboo、Giant Weavers Bamboo（秆径与株高均较大的巨型丛生竹）。Bambusa multiplex 组的品种包括 Golden Goddess、Silverstripe、Green Hedge、Alphonse Karr 等共享品种。特殊品种有 Graceful Bamboo（Bambusa textilis gracilis）、Shibataea Kumasaca（倭竹属，灌木状、铺地型）、Tootsik Albostriata 等。苗圃采用标准化的容器规格与价格体系：15 加仑容器 \$150–175、30 加仑容器 \$300，价格随品种与容器规格浮动；批发价格由 Wendy 通过邮件单独提供。品种页明确列出了每个品种的 Maximum Height、Minimum Temperature、Culm diameter 三个核心指标，让潜在客户能快速按抗寒带与目标高度筛选。

种植服务、协会合作与教育

苗圃的种植与养护指南（Planting and Plant Care）覆盖从种前规划、挖穴规格（比根团宽 6 英寸、深 4 英寸）、土壤改良（堆肥牛粪与松树皮覆盖的”1/2 + 1/2″或”1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3″配方）、种植后浇水（最初 3 周每天早晨浇灌）、施肥（推荐 Florikan 19-5-9 300-day 长效肥或 Lewis Bamboo Fertilizer 18-5-12，每年 3 月与 7 月各施一次），到日常维护（每年 3 月添加堆肥、清除死亡细秆、修剪下部枝条至 3–4 英尺高以暴露竹竿）的完整 10 步 SOP。销售与保修条款明确说明：苗圃销售的均为自家健康栽培的成熟植物，售出后客户应按指南管理；如出现异常，苗圃可协助调整浇水与施肥，但因售出后无法控制客户管理，**所有销售为最终交易，不退款、不退货、不换货**（All sales are final and we do not offer refunds, returns, or exchanges）。苗圃通过 Contact 页面以”仅接受预约”模式（meeting by appointment only）运行，向 Wendy 邮件（wendy@bambootexas.com）或电话预约；客户也可通过 Customer Gallery 提交种植前后照片，被选中的照片将在苗圃官网上展示。苗圃同时是美国竹子协会（American Bamboo Society, ABS）、得克萨斯竹子协会（Texas Bamboo Society, TBS）、得克萨斯苗圃与景观协会（Texas Nursery and Landscape Association, TNLA）三大组织的注册会员。其中 TBS 提供本土化的竹子识别、繁殖、利用、文化与鉴赏资源；ABS 提供全国性研究、推广、教育与社区外联；TNLA 提供苗圃与景观行业的商业网络与政策倡导。2026 年 10 月 ABS 全国大会将选择 Bamboo Texas 作为主办方，地点设于得州休斯顿都会区。

官网：https://www.bambootexas.com

Bamboo Texas (bambooteaxas.com) is one of the most prominent specialist non-invasive clumping bamboo nurseries and retail/wholesale operations in the U.S. South. The nursery has been run by the Wendy and John Nelson family since the late 1990s, cultivating and selling clumping bamboo varieties suited to subtropical and temperate climates from its base in Northwest Houston and South Texas, accumulating more than 25 years of production and sales experience. The nursery’s official positioning is “we grow and sell rare and fine non-invasive clumping bamboos for privacy screens and landscaping”, with a focus on two clumping bamboo families — Bambusa textilis and Bambusa multiplex. Every plant sold is field-grown in Texas for many years and has been acclimatised to the local climate. Customers include home gardeners (retail), landscape designers and commercial nurseries (wholesale), and active military, police, firefighters and veterans receive a 5 % discount. In 2025 the nursery was profiled in the American Bamboo Society Magazine (October 2025) and was selected to host the American Bamboo Society’s national convention in October 2026, an honour that will bring bamboo experts, vendors and educators to the Houston metropolitan area.

Founders Wendy and John Nelson

Wendy and John Nelson are the co-founders and long-term operators of Bamboo Texas, and among the most experienced practitioners of non-invasive clumping bamboo in the U.S. South. The two have been cultivating Bambusa textilis and Bambusa multiplex in Texas since the late 1990s, accumulating more than 25 years of local climate adaptation and propagation experience. Wendy leads customer communication, order processing and planting-plan consultations, making her the primary point of contact for retail customers and landscape designers. John Nelson leads day-to-day operations, customer-education content and external brand development, publishing the inaugural 2025 blog post in the Articles section that covered the six spring/summer bamboo care tips, the military/police/fire discount, the landscape professional wholesale price list, the Texas Bamboo Society and American Bamboo Society field trip, and progress on the 2026 ABS National Convention. As a family-run operation, the Nelsons are active members of the local gardening community and maintain long-term visual archive relationships with customers through the Customer Gallery section. In December 2025 the Nelson family welcomed their first grandchild, Leanna, a personal milestone that the nursery highlighted in its blog as a sign of the family-business warmth behind Bamboo Texas.

Nursery Profile and Brand Heritage

The nursery is run by the Wendy and John Nelson family. Wendy leads customer communication, order processing and planting-plan consultations, while John Nelson leads operations and external content publishing. The operation is based in the Northwest Houston metropolitan area, with supporting facilities in South Texas. The nursery’s defining feature is its more-than-25-year track record of “grown in Texas” expertise — the team points out that many bamboos sold in the wider market are not raised in Texas and may not be correctly labelled, and urges customers to seek climate-fit information from trusted suppliers. The catalogue focuses on subtropical clumping bamboos, which have a sympodial (short-rhizome) root system that is genetically incapable of expanding more than a few inches per year. Each mature clump occupies an 8–10 foot diameter footprint, with new culms emerging each summer around the perimeter of the existing clump. Clumping bamboos reach mature height and culm diameter much faster than running types, giving customers a usable privacy screen on a shorter timeline. The varieties offered are calibrated to Texas-centre-through-South conditions: minimum cold tolerance of 18 °F for Bambusa textilis cultivars, and 15–17 °F for the slightly hardier Bambusa multiplex cultivars.

Product Range and Variety Catalogue

The catalogue is organised into two main families. The Bambusa textilis family centres on Graceful Bamboo (B. textilis gracilis, tight clump, up to 25 ft + 1.5 in canes — the classic dense privacy screen) and also includes Weavers Bamboo, Chinese Goddess, Golden Goddess, Silverstripe, Green Hedge, Alphonse Karr (sister to Green Hedge but with butter-yellow culms carrying irregular green vertical striping, 25 ft + 1.5 in), Textilis Maculata, Textilis Glabra, Midori Green, Goldstripe, Dwarf Textilis, Emerald Bamboo and Giant Weavers Bamboo (a larger, timber-grade clumping form). The Bambusa multiplex family covers Golden Goddess, Silverstripe, Green Hedge and Alphonse Karr (shared with the textilis group), plus Chinese Goddess, Weavers and other compact screen forms. Specialty offerings include Graceful Bamboo, Shibataea Kumasaca (a low shrubby, ground-cover-style bamboo) and Tootsik Albostriata. Pricing follows a standardised container-size scheme: 15-gallon containers from $150 to $175 depending on the variety, 30-gallon containers at $300; wholesale pricing is available from Wendy by email. Each variety page lists three key data points — Maximum Height, Minimum Temperature and Culm diameter — letting customers match plants to their hardiness zone and target height.

Planting Service, Association Affiliations and Education

The nursery’s Planting and Plant Care page provides a 10-step SOP covering pre-planting planning, hole size (6 in wider and 4 in deeper than the root ball), soil amendment (1/2-and-1/2 mix of good soil and composted cow manure, or a 1/3-1/3-1/3 mix in heavy clay), post-plant watering (every morning for the first three weeks), fertilising (a slow-release high-nitrogen fertiliser such as Florikan 19-5-9 with a 300-day release, or Lewis Bamboo Fertilizer 18-5-12, applied in mid-March and mid-July) and routine maintenance (replenish composted cow manure and pine bark mulch in mid-March, remove dead or skinny canes, trim lower branches to expose the first 3–4 ft of culm). Sales and warranty terms are explicit: all plants are well-rooted and healthy at the time of sale, and any post-planting issues can usually be resolved with adjusted watering or feeding. However, because the nursery has no control over how customers care for the plants after they leave the site, all sales are final, with no refunds, returns or exchanges. The Contact page runs the nursery by appointment only — customers email Wendy at wendy@bambootexas.com or call 281-772-1875 to schedule a visit. The Customer Gallery invites customers to share before-and-after photos of their plantings, with selected submissions featured on the website. The nursery holds memberships in three major organisations: the American Bamboo Society (ABS) for national research, advocacy, education and community outreach on bamboo as a renewable resource; the Texas Bamboo Society (TBS) for local identification, propagation, utilisation, culture and appreciation; and the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association (TNLA) for industry information, networking and policy advocacy. In 2026 Bamboo Texas will host the ABS National Convention in October, bringing bamboo experts, vendors, instrument makers and artists to the Houston metropolitan area.