Re: Bamboo Recommendation

In your climate, I'd say you'd need to have a containment at least 4'
deep and min. 6" above grade..no kidding.

I have two stands of running bamboo.  Unending supply of bamboo
stakes:-)  One of them is at the top of a berm with a railroad tie
retaining wall about 30" high.  It has decided it would like to
explore the gravel parking area at the base of that wall....

You can keep it in check by periodically digging up the rhizomes, but
this is hard work and you HAVE to do it on about an annual basis.

It does make a nice privacy screen; bamboo has several plusses as
long as you recognize the minuses.

There are clumping varieties, some with fantastic colored stems, that
are not hardy for me and very well might be hardy for you.  You may
want to look into those before you consider the running types.

Check out the following:

http://www.bamboogarden.com/index.shtml

http://www.lewisbamboo.com/

http://www.bamboodirect.com/bamboo/info/world.html

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Bernie & Cathy Higgins <cyberduo@txucom.net>
> 
> Help me make a Bamboo Recommendation.   I remember my Dad having
bamboo 
> get out of hand and hating it but now I am considering it.
> We need a very dense tall screen for privacy and a contractor
suggested 
> Bamboo.   He said he would pour a cement footing in the ground to
keep 
> the bamboo in bounds and that it wouldn't travel.    Is this
possible?   
> If so how deep does the cement footing need to be?   I need a
variety 
> that gets very dense and tall quickly.   I imagine someone here has
had 
> experience with this.       We could build a solid stucco wall but
that 
> would cost a great deal and I'm thinking this might be a good
alternative.
> 
> I keep reading this list and I have had some great help.    I keep 
> checking and perhaps someone will ask a question I know the answer
to.
> 
> Thanks for all of your help
> Cathy Higgins
> Montgomery TX  (lake Conroe)
> zone 8
> 
>
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