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Use bamboo as a privacy screen, ornamental focal point, or wildlife hedge. Check out some of our bamboo plants today.
Buying bamboo plants in the UK can leave you with shoots popping up from your neighbour’s yard if you’re not careful to pick the right species.
Essentially, bamboos grow in two ways:
1. Clumping varieties have strong, thick rhizomes that expand slowly. This allows the bamboo to focus its growth within a tight vertical clump, so it’s non-invasive for your garden.
2. Running varieties have weaker rhizomes, so they spread aggressively underground. These bamboos grow quickly and make excellent screens. Plant them at one-metre intervals, but remember to barricade their roots, or they’ll colonise entire areas. One example is the Phyllostachys nigra 'Black Bamboo'.
The good news is that you can control the growth of your bamboo trees with a few simple methods:
• Rhizome barriers: These are made of 80-mm thick HDPE plastic to contain the bamboo roots. Bury them 1.2 metres deep around the walls of the planting hole, with a 5-10 centimetres lip above soil level.
• Weed killer: You can apply a Glyphosate-based herbicide or other weed killers to sections of unwanted growth.
• Pruning: Use hedge trimmers or similar tools to trim extra height, cutting culms just above the node. Autumn is the best time to prune bamboo in the UK.
Bamboos are renowned for growing fast, about 60 centimetres per year for clumping varieties and 150 centimetres per year for running varieties. Growth rate and mature height will vary if you’re in the North or South or whether they are in sheltered or exposed locations. Regardless, our bamboo plants are hardy enough for any region.
You can harvest older bamboo canes to make garden stakes, tool handles, or fun art projects. It’s robust, sturdy, yet flexible, so it works great for various uses.
Moist, well-drained soils and full sun are best for your bamboo plants, but they’ll do fine in poor soils and partial sun too. New plants will need more frequent watering while they establish their shallow roots.
You can even plant bamboo in large container pots to restrict their growth. Line them in rows to decorate your driveway or patio!