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BlueberryBundtcake - 6a/5b MA
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Clump Bamboo: for privacy hedge near pool, plz help!
Comments (10)Mike- If you're talking about filling a 10' wide space with 3 B. lako of that size, I think -- depending on your growing conditions -- that it will be a good 5 years before you get them to approximate a filled-in hedge...or even have to think about topping them. The other concern I have about B. lako (and other large bamboo) is that, once it matures, it tends to have less foliage near the ground than the top, so you could be topping a lot of the higher up foliage, and leaving lower culms that look a little bare. If you must top, don't do all the culms at the same height, so it will look a little more natural. I know B. lako is beautiful, but I also have an alternate suggestion: get a smaller clumper (say, Bambusa multiplex 'Golden goddess'), that you won't have to crop. Or get an open clumper, like Yushania anceps, which acts like a clumper, but will spread out faster than a true clumper. However, it won't be so fast that you can't easily rhizome prune if it starts to move in the wrong direction (it simply doesn't send out long runners), and it only reaches a height of 12', so you wouldn't have to top it. Here is a picture of 3 of them (they're to the right of the lantern) that I planted against a 9' high fence. That was right after planting; they've filled out nicely over the last 3 years, but I don't have a picture of that since I sold that house. My only concern in making this recommendation to you is that Y. anceps prefers something less than full sun, and your spot looks pretty sunny. Maybe someone here has some experience with growing it in your conditions....See MoreShade Bamboo for privacy screen SE TX
Comments (1)There are many Bambusas that will do well for you, but most will probably grow taller than 15 feet. Even my Golden Goddess, which is listed as growing to 10 feet in height, grows to about 15 feet here. B. tuldoides 'Ventricosa' BUDDHA'S BELLY and B. tuldoides 'Ventricosa Kimmei' seem to tolerate more moist soil than other bambusas. B. oldhamii GIANT TIMBER grows to over 40 feet tall here but is very erect which I consider desireable. B. multiplex 'Alphonse Karr' gets the sooty mold at the joints here which can look ratty sometimes, but otherwise is a beautiful plant. In fact, the B. multiplexes are the ones for you to choose from if you want cold hardy and shorter clumpers. B. multiplex 'Fernleaf Stripestem' FERNLEAF STRIPESTEM is another shorter bamboo with tiny leaves. The cold hardiest of all my Bambusas is B. textilis or WEAVER'S BAMBOO which grows to over 40 feet in height and forms a 'vase' shape for a very well-groomed look. Quite drought and moisture tolerant. Some of it's sub species are smaller but look just as beautiful. A couple are: B. textilis var. glabra and B. textilis var. albostriata. Good Luck Kt...See MoreHow far to space bamboo for privacy screen?
Comments (2)In general a 5-6 foot spacing with most running species will close that gap in 4 years, possibly 3 depending upon species. I'm too cold here to keep arrow happy here so I can't say with certainty how fast but for me it did spread quickly before I killed it off. Also, it depends upon your climate, I see your warm enough in winter but summers largely dictate spread rates. Hot humid, rainy areas will get good rhizome spread and will take less time to fill-in; areas with drier summers and less humidity will take longer. If there is a particular area you need to screen faster, consider planting 2 rows on 5-6 foot spacing in that area - offset the planting holes so that a row 1 plant is in between 2 row 2 plants. In 4 years or so then you can start digging your own divisions and moving them down the fenceline....See MoreTall, fast growing bamboo for privacy
Comments (3)If I entered all of the info correctly the species on this list should do well in your climate. http://bambooweb.info/BrowseSSL.php?Units=I&Sort=Gs&Genus=All&DiaValue=+&HtCompare=%3E%3D&HtValue=+25&TempCompare=%3C%3D&TempValue=50+&SunValue=+&Clumper=NULL&Match=AND&Button=GO...See MoreHU-216298097
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