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''Lucky bamboo'' plant requires minimal attention.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 31-AUG-03
Format: Online - approximately 782 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: ''Lucky bamboo'' plant requires minimal attention.(Home & Garden)(Ask a master gardener)

Article Excerpt
Q. A friend gave me a piece of bamboo with a straight stalk but coiled at the top. It has some little roots and she said it could grow in just water with some stones to hold it up.

None of my plant books have anything on bamboo plants so I am wondering if I can leave it in water. Will it get more leaves on the stalk or just grow at the very top where there are a few little leaf groups coming out? What kind of light location is best for them?

A. What you have is something that is commonly marketed as "lucky bamboo." Its name is Dracena sanaderiana and it is not...

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