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Originally Posted by Buster Chops
I am interested in privacy screening other than fencing. I've been told bamboo is pretty good .. fast growing, hardy and nice foliage. What's your
experience with bamboo. I di know it can grow fast ... and spreads.
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Rosaceae - your experience, good or bad? There is a big difference between a blackberry and an apple tree and so it is with bamboo.
A plant that grows fast and stops at just the size you want has yet to be invented, and so it is with bamboo. If you want something fast, you also get a control job with it.
What happens also depends on climate. Phyllostachys nigra, black bamboo, is invasive in many areas of the US where it can be grown, because of warm summers; but in Britain it mostly stays put.
Bamboo come in a wide range of hardinesses, and cold winters will greatly reduce the range that you can grow. The hardiest cope with about -28C, and so in places like Montana, you may not be able to grow it at all.
It is wise to plant bamboo with rhizome barriers to stop it spreading.