Re: Tall, thin screen -for shade

In a message dated 5/10/100 9:12:25 PM EST, johnsaia@dnai.com writes:

<<  I have thought of bamboo, but don't know which varieties would
 be appropriate (has to grow at least to 20 feet to hide the wall) and don't
 know if the owner is up to digging through the very rocky clay soil deep
 enough to put a barrier in (to keep the bamboo from spreading away from the
 wall). >>

Giant Timber Bamboo is a beautiful variety that grows to be around 25-30 feet 
tall here in the Central Valley, with canes as big around as a man's wrist, 
and it is clump-forming, so you don't have to worry about it spreading.  I'm 
not sure what it's sun requirements are, however.

Kurt Mize
Stockton, California
USDA Zone 9
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