Peltons Bamboo - Miami, Florida

J Jensen

A great Nursery with people who love the business. My wife and I ran into the owner of Pelton's Nursery, Don, while visiting Miami researching bamboo in preparation to opening a bamboo Nursery in the Sarasota area. We traveled down to Miami to visit a list of Nursery's we had made to review/research. Our interest is specializing in larger "Timber Bamboos".

On our visit to Pelton's Nursery, Don took a serious interest in our new business venture and we spent a couple hours with Don talking about his experience in growing bamboo and running his business. Don showed us around his nursery and you knew that growing and running a nursery was a personal passion of Don's. At the end of our visit to Miami, we met with Don and purchased 250 "Bambusa Oldhamii" plants for our Nursery stock.

I have included a couple pictures of our Nursery in Sarasota for the review with the Oldhamii planted, we split the stock and now have around 400 plants in the ground or in containers. Don continues to stay in touch with us providing advice and guidance on growing bamboo as we start our business.

Jeard C Escobar

This is an update. They retired the hours sign from the entrance but there are a couple of sign where say "yes we are open". I came sunday at noon and called to the phone number and the guy told me "Yes we are closed". Your honey is very good but remove the sign from the entrance.

He sold me a couple of honey bottles despite was closed (sunday). The honey is pretty good and he was kind too

Jennifer Davis

Having visited many other bamboo and heliconia nurseries in south florida, this is the place you need to purchase from. The bamboo is thick and lush. Don was very helpful in disclosing what fertilizer and watering requirements were needed to have the heliconia and bamboo continue to thrive. I purchased 25 7 foot texcillis gracilis bamboo to create a privacy wall along my fence line. I purchased 20 heliconia for a lush wall along the other fence line. After 4 months, my bamboo is now a solid green wall and my heliconia is full. Both are about 15 feet tall now! They also did the installation and put in the drip line for watering every 6 hours. Amazing service!

Katia Karkkainen

We bought an amazing bamboo at this nursery 2 weeks ago, are going to get one more! I am a big fan of bamboos, and I've never seen such a BIG choice of excellent quality bamboos anywhere else (we visited several other local nurseries before). There are golden bamboos (like on my pictures), green bamboos, black bamboos, bamboo grass, various sizes... We spent more than an hour to walk through the nursery, it was hard to decide which bamboo we wanted, they were all gorgeous. The owner Don Pelton is a very nice person, provided an excellent customer service and explained us how to take care of our bamboo. Everything is labeled clearly: entrance, parking, phone number... They also sell delicious local honey, as you see on my picture, we have already eaten a half of a jar! Prices are good, too. I definitely recommend this place to all bamboo and honey fans.

Aaron

My wife and I were thinking about getting some bamboo and visited this nursery recently. We met the Owner Don, who walked us through the nursery and spent a great deal of time with us answering all the questions I had about bamboo. while I'm a novice, I do enjoy landscaping and learning about plants and landscape design. We had a great time as Don educated us not only about bamboo, but also about many other plants that he has at his nursery, as well as providing us with helpful planting techniques. He even gave us some of the honey that he harvests at the nursery. I highly recommend this place, as the owner Don is clearly passionate about bamboo and landscaping which is reflected in the quality of of the plants and the service that his nursery provides.

Gus Fonte

Absolutely incredible Giant Black Bamboo!! Arrived much larger than anticipated. Could not be any more satisfied with Donnie and his trees!!

Peri Baker-Horner

Drove all the way from Orlando to Miami to buy bamboo to screen my backyard from neighbors across a pond. All I can say is Wow it was worth it. The owner Don Pelton stopped the work he was doing and came over to help us. The most beautiful bamboo I've ever seen. So lush and healthy. We got both golden and black bamboo. He gave us a great deal. David put them in our van and bundled it all up so we could drive them back home. I'm so excited to see them planted. Don gave us care instructions so they would thrive in central Florida. Thanks so much Don. I would highly recommend.

Christina Felisgrau

Everyone at Pelton's was very friendly and knowledgeable. They have a varied selection of bamboo. The plants are well cared for and it was cool to get to walk through beautiful bamboo forests. We purchased an awesome wamin bamboo and I can't wait to go back and get some of the variegated bamboo. Don even gave us great advice on how to care for our bamboo at home and it has been thriving.