Check out Maas nursery in Seabrook - URL below. They have a large selection
of bamboo and I am sure there is someone there who can answer your
questions. It is a fantastic nursery - you can spend a whold day just
looking around there. I now live in Maryland but when I visit my daughter
in Dickinson, TX I like to go there and look around.
http://www.maasnursery.com/
"Surfgeotwo" wrote in message
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I want to entertain the idea of bamboo as a screen in my back yard. I
would
like something that gets 12 to 15 feet tall rather quickly and either
stays
there or is easy to maintain at that height. I am in Houston, usda zone
9a, so
i need a hot and direct sun-tolerant variety. I need this to do well in a
line
about 95' long, and hopefully just about 2' wide. So is bamboo a viable
option?
also:
how big is a 2-gallon vs. a 5-gallon plant, and does that mean there is
just
one shoot or several? So - if i buy 2 gal or 5 gal, how far apart is the
optimal spacing, or in other words, how many would I need for 95'? I am
sure
that has something to do with how fast i want a dense screen, so a range
of
numbers is what I am looking for.
Thanks in advance for your help.
David