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Well behaved bamboo

gjautosgjautos Posts: 429
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Is there such a thing? I have a spot in my garden where a bamboo would look great. But am I making problems for myself? 

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  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Fargesia. Clump forming, slow spreading, separate by cutting through the root ball every few years. 👍
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    I bought a Phyllostachys, ordinary green stemmed. It took a long time to run, but did eventually. I cull it ruthlessly for bean poles.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I agree about Fargesia.  I've had a clump for well over 30 years.  It expands slowly but has never thrown out runners.  Phyllostachys can be controlled/contained but there is always the risk of one making a bid for freedom and going unnoticed.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    As Slow worm and KT says, I had mine for years,  never spread out of its own clump.  They don’t run.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • gjautosgjautos Posts: 429
    Many thanks all. Will take a look at Fargesia. 
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