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Running Bamboos
     ● Phyllostachys atrovaginata
              (Incense Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys aurea
              (Fish Pole or Golden Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys aureosulcata
              ‘Spectabilis’
     ● Phyllostachys bambusoides
              (Japanese Timber Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys bambusoides
              ‘Castillon’
     ● Phyllostachys dulcis
               (Sweetshoot Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys edulis
               (Moso)
     ● Phyllostachys heteroclada
               (Water Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys nigra
               (Black Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys nigra ‘Bory’
               (Tiger Bamboo)
     ● Phyllostachys nigra ‘Henon’
     ● Phyllostachys vivax
              (Chinese Timber Bamboo)
     ● Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda
              (Chinese Walking Stick Bamboo)
Clumping Bamboos
     ● Fargesia robusta
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     ● Design and consultation
     ● Installations
     ● Bamboo control service
     ● Removals
     ● Stump grinding
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Bamboo FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
     ● Landscaping with bamboo
     ● Selecting your bamboos
     ● Planting, care, and control of
              your bamboos

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Driving directions to Bamboo Valley
              in Albany, Oregon

About Dain Sansome

Dain was born and raised in Minnesota and received his BA in Biology from Carleton College. At two years old he saw the October 1980 issue of "National Geographic" featuring bamboo, and was hooked. These images stuck with him as he grew up raising vegetables, flowers, and rabbits at home and hiring out his services as a gardener for friends. Dain has traveled extensively in England and Japan and speaks fluent Japanese. Dain spent most of a year in northern England working as a gardener at the Pendle Heritage Centre.

Dain also spent a year in Japan where he worked in bamboo culture and sustainable organic farming.

In he moved to Oregon to pursue bamboo professionally. In 2006 he passed the exams for his Landscape Contractor's license. He is bonded and insured. He also appears in court as an expert witness on bamboo litigation. Dain's wife Suya and daughter Mei contribute greatly to their small family business.

Dain Sansome with daughter Mei