Re: Tall, thin screen -for shade
- To: K*@aol.com, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Tall, thin screen -for shade
- From: J* M*
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 13:01:06 -0700
Kurt,
Be careful! The most common bamboos grown worldwide for timber are members
of the genus Phyllostachys, especially the one commonly known as "Giant
Timber Bamboo" (Phyllostachys bambusoides). This runs rapidly, with runners
4-8 feet long or more, to form whole forests. This is the danger of just
using common names.
I believe the one you are thinking of is Bambusa oldhamii, sometimes know as
the "Clumping Giant Timber Bamboo." There are smaller members of the genus
Bambusa that are clumping that might be more suitable in scale and more
manageable. Look up "Bamboo" in the Sunset Western Garden Book.
John MacGregor
jonivy@earthlink.net
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>From: K1MIZE@aol.com
>To: johnsaia@dnai.com, medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>Subject: Re: Tall, thin screen -for shade
>Date: Thu, May 11, 2000, 5:32 AM
>
> 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
>
>
