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High hedge for coastal garden
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:04:08 +0000 (UTC), "Robert Davies"
wrote: How about a bamboo screen? I've planted several bamboos in my gargen to hide an ugly new house that's gone up - their advantage is that they rapidly reach their mature height, and they're evergreen - as well as well worth having in their own right. Most bamboos wouldn't like such an exposed site as you describe, but one - Pseudosasa japonica - is recommended as one of the best plants of any sort for a windbreak in a coastal location (in one experiment in cornwall it was recommended as one of the top ten plants for forming a windbreak.) The main problem would be obtaining enough plants cheaply enough if the hedge is a long one. . . There is a specific objection to Pseudosasa japonica, the metake or "arrow" bamboo: it is a rampant spreader once established. The new culms that can penetrate paving. IMHO, metake bamboo is not suitable for boundary plantings: I would not want to inflict it on my neighbors. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
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