Rosa, Granma - thank you for your replies..have jotted down the names given and will now turn Columbo.
To save creating a whole new thread - I am looking for bamboo..i have tried various outlets ( cheaper plant centres ) and apart from one kindly fellow offering to dig up some of his bamboo i have been unsuccessful in find some.
The plant stores charge the earth - literally! I noted in Asda of all places, small bamboo for £10..i wished id of bought them last year! The type i dont know..but black bamboo does appear nice.
Looking on Amazon etc expensive stuff. Anyone recommend a decent, reliable planting website where i can perhaps purchase bamboo amongst others at a reasonable price? What internet site do you use?
I think I may have to plum for trying bamboo seeds - cheapest option. Been looking around at if its a viable option and that they will actually grow. Thoughts more than welcome. Easy enough to germinate...or basically..is it better to spend the £25 + on a plant?
Be veeerrrrryyyyy careful about which bamboo you decide to plant, especially on a bounday as they travel underground and throw spikes up all over the place, including your neigbours garden, paths etc. Clump forming ones are less invasive.
How about a winter flowering honeysuckle. Lonicera fragans. It grows as a bush not a climber and is semi evergreen, drops most of its leaves at this time of year. wonderful scented flowers from christmas until now and blackbirds love to nest in them. Unfortunately to get decent plants now we have to dip into our pockets far more deeply, watch the reduced corners of garden centres as bargains can be picked up there. There are lots of evergreen bushes and trees to choose from but remember that they will cast deep shade when fully grown.
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Rosa, Granma - thank you for your replies..have jotted down the names given and will now turn Columbo.
To save creating a whole new thread - I am looking for bamboo..i have tried various outlets ( cheaper plant centres ) and apart from one kindly fellow offering to dig up some of his bamboo i have been unsuccessful in find some.
The plant stores charge the earth - literally! I noted in Asda of all places, small bamboo for £10..i wished id of bought them last year! The type i dont know..but black bamboo does appear nice.
Looking on Amazon etc expensive stuff. Anyone recommend a decent, reliable planting website where i can perhaps purchase bamboo amongst others at a reasonable price? What internet site do you use?
I think I may have to plum for trying bamboo seeds - cheapest option. Been looking around at if its a viable option and that they will actually grow. Thoughts more than welcome. Easy enough to germinate...or basically..is it better to spend the £25 + on a plant?
Be veeerrrrryyyyy careful about which bamboo you decide to plant, especially on a bounday as they travel underground and throw spikes up all over the place, including your neigbours garden, paths etc. Clump forming ones are less invasive.
How about a winter flowering honeysuckle. Lonicera fragans. It grows as a bush not a climber and is semi evergreen, drops most of its leaves at this time of year. wonderful scented flowers from christmas until now and blackbirds love to nest in them. Unfortunately to get decent plants now we have to dip into our pockets far more deeply, watch the reduced corners of garden centres as bargains can be picked up there. There are lots of evergreen bushes and trees to choose from but remember that they will cast deep shade when fully grown.