"mrs-baggins" wrote in message
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I know there are loads of variety of bamboos about but has anyone any
experience of growing bamboo on a clay soil? I would like a bamboo to
grow to about 3 m to use as screening but a small bamboo i have had for
years just hasnt grown at all and it may just be my clay soil


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mrs-baggins

I have no experience of growing bamboos on clay-but I do know that it is
possible if you are prepared to improve the soil by addition of goodly
doses of organic matter.
Bamboos prefer a rich moist soil but will grow in most conditions. I am
referring to the standard hardy frost tolerant varieties of which there are
an increasing choice.
It is possible that the one plant you have already tried is a small/dwarf
variety----do you know which variety it is?