Red Cloud Bamboo

Twenty three years earlier I had been growing bamboo plants for cut flowers. First my family’s company and then my own company (Clarinda Flower Farm). Situated in Heatherton in a ‘green belt’ surrounded by many wholesale nurseries and only 20 minutes from Melbourne CBD. Thirty years ago flowers were in vogue, carnations were the favourites, my father’s wise business sense meant he planted popular colours.

All of a sudden carnations were out of fashion, gerberas became fashionable, so my father and I changed to suit the market. At all times high quality and constancy hallmarked our business.My father’s mastery of reliable methods of selecting genetically superior stock meant our production of quality surpassed all others.

The ability and skilfulness of selecting superior plants became a vital transferable skill which facilitated me in my research and development of first class bamboo varieties that adapted to Melbourne’s diverse weather with hot dry summer days and cold winter days. Our varieties are tried and tested and thrive in these conditions and are fairly problem free from insects and diseases.