"Bobbie" wrote in message
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Thanks for your suggestion. What kinds of bamboo would you recommend?

Bobbie, DON'T do bamboo. That stuff will take over and is amost impossible to
eradicate once gone wild. It'll go over and under any barrier you install.
Been there, done that. :-(

Tom J


"hermine stover" wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:01:18 -0500, "Bobbie"
wrote:

I need some advice and am hoping that some of you very knowledgeable
folks
can give me a little help.

We need a living privacy fence.

Here are the perameters we are working with:
* grows less than 20' high
* grows rapidly in the South (we're in Charleston, SC)
* hearty
* evergreen
* common
* not horribly expensive

Am I asking for the moon?


Provided that you install sub soil barriers to keep it in bounds, the
ideal living fence is BAMBOO. The sub soil barriers we suggest are
very much like the footings one would normally install before
constructing a concrete block wall, for example. There is no plant
which will become a living privacy fence as quickly as certain
bamboos, and they will thrive in your climate.