Stam's Bamboo Nursery Ltd

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Stam's Bamboo Nursery is Ireland’s premier bamboo specialist. We set up Stam's Bamboo Nursery in County Waterford in 1988. Our first bamboos came from long-lost demesnes and old gardens here in Ireland, where they had been planted during Victorian times. We collected around 25 different varieties and planted these out in our stock fields in the 19^th century walled garden where we have our nursery.

We soon realised that bamboos are a uniquely varied, inspiring and seductive group of plants, and it became our ambition to grow as many as possible - both for ourselves and to offer to our customers. We now have over 150 different types (and we're adding new ones all the time) from dwarf ground cover varieties to mature specimen plants of majestic proportions. Many of our stock plants have been imported from Spain, Italy and China. Recently we explored many Chinese nurseries where we found even more exciting, new bamboos.

To complement the bamboos we have an ever-expanding range of mature and semi-mature architectural plants such as Mediterranean cypresses, palms, hardy bananas, tree ferns and other gorgeous exotics. We find that garden designers, landscape architects and discerning garden centres are enthusiastic about these plants, which give instant structure and elegance to a green picture.

But we're not just a nursery. We also operate a garden and landscape design practice. We have designed large and small gardens throughout Ireland and Holland, including one for the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Dublin.

We welcome visitors to the nursery, but we ask that you phone in advance to make an appointment.

SUSAN SEX: we commissioned Susan M. Sex, Botanical Artist and gold medallist at the January 2000 & 2001 Royal Horticultural Society's Shows in London, to paint 50 of the most popular bamboos. These appear in our new, stylish information brochure and on our full colour labels. Read more...