
TOM REESE / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Cracking the code to 'the perfect plant' opens a path to saving the planet
Bamboo flowers rarely -- once in 60 to120 years -- which presented a hurdle for its use as a widespread commercial plant. That may change now that Boo-Shoot can clone bamboo in a test tube. Anthers hang from this "blue fountain" bamboo flowering at Boo-Shoot.