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Article: In the garden: inside or out, the grace and beauty of bamboo are timeless.
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- Sarasota Magazine
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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in Louis De Marco's lush, peaceful Siesta Key garden stands a magnificent grove of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) full of filtered light and contemplative beauty. Like a cathedral's majestic organ, the imposing canes reach 70 feet high, wind eliciting melodic clatter from the swaying stalks.
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"It began with a small clump, about two feet tall, I purchased at a Selby Gardens plant fair 12 years ago," De Marco reflects. "I never suspected it would reach such heights and majesty."
Bamboo is not just beautiful, it's also very strong and useful, he explains. "In China, Japan and Asia Minor, it has been the primary ...
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Article: DE MARCO, JOHN.(CAPITAL REGION)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);
April 11, 2000 ;
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... ... CLEVERDALE -- On Sunday, April 9, 2000, John De Marco, died at Glens Falls Hospital. He was 67 years old. John George De Marco was born February 22, 1933 in Schenectady, NY, son of Edward De Marco and Lena Dellario De Marco Hall. John was ...
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