Gabelmans Bamboo Nursery

Gabelmans Gardens specializes in Bamboo Gardening and Bamboo landscaping. Whether your looking to grow a bamboo privacy screen or if your growing bamboo for it's many uses or beauty, we can help you choose the right variety for your needs. All our plants at our bamboo nursery located in Alexandria, Northern Ky come with our guarantee to grow. We offer all types of cold hardy varieties of running and clumping bamboo.If your looking to create that privacy screen or bamboo forest we offer 3 of the most hardy species of bamboo. Phyllostachys Aureosulcata more commonly known as "Yellow Groove", Phyllostachys Bisseti, and Phyllostachys Nuda are all chosen for their hardiness in zones 4-5-6 These fast growing varieties all grow from 20-25 ft tall and can sustain temperatures as low as -20 degrees.If your looking to enjoy the benefits of growing live bamboo plants of various species in your area checkout our gardening education sections for information on all cold hardy species of bamboo. Many people would like to have a bamboo landscape but are afraid of it's invasive principles. We can provide you with the knowledge for controlling your bamboo. We can also install rhizome barriers which will control bamboo's aggressive growing behaviour. We also offer delivery/installation of your newly purchased bamboo plants. .

Water Gardening & Aquatic Plants

There's nothing more relaxing than sitting outside next to your water garden and watching your fish swim and listening to the suttle sounds of your waterfall. Jeff is clearly an expert when it comes to building beautiful water gardens. Take a look inside the gallery and you will see a few he has done. We figure everything in your price, including good quality pumps, liners and stone. We even start you off with a few water plants to add that finished look.Maybe you have a water garden already but it has become overrun with algae and muck. Gabelmans Gardens also offers reconstruction and water garden cleanouts either a one time deal or a periodic scheduled maintenance program. Give us a call or fill out a project request form and get your little Oasis ready for spring. When it comes to aquatic water plants and water gardening we offer lots of different species and varieties of cold hardy water lillies, lotus and some tropicals.

Lawns & Landscaping

Is your Lawn in bad shape and need a little TLC or maybe your ready to make some changes to the landscaping. Many people are looking to improve their property appearance and a well-landscaped lawn is one that attracts the neighbors’ attention and makes your yard the envy of the neighborhood. Landscaping your yard gives you a unique identity, something that will set your lawn apart from everyone else. Landscaping can have aesthetic benefits on the lawn, it can also help in increasing the value of the property.

Proper smart landscaping design can also cut energy costs. By placing shade trees near your house the shade will help lower the temperature in a particular area of the house thus lowering the energy usage. There are many more reasons why you may want to improve on your lawn and landscaping and we can help you with ideas and design. Choosing the right plants for your landscaping project is one of the most important aspects of landscaping. The plants you choose are the ones which people will see immediately so their impression of your lawn will depend much on how you choose your plants.