El bamboo It is a plant that could be considered a living fossil, since it was one of the first types of plants to appear on Earth, after mosses and algae did. It is very useful for the manufacture of fishing rods to furniture, including bags even covered. It has been distributed practically throughout the equator, but a greater number of species are found in Asia, for which the bamboo forests are especially famous.
Fast growing plants, they are very ornamental and can be planted in the garden without problems. Of course, you have to control it because it has a tendency to take out basal suckers from the first year. Otherwise, it is capable of forming lovely green bushes in the garden.
Most species have a height greater than twenty meters, like the imperial bamboo whose scientific name is Phyllostachys CastillonisHowever, there are some species that do not exceed one meter. The color of its stems is also different in each of them: there are yellow ones like the Phyllostachys aureosulcata, or black like him Phyllostachys nigra. Regardless of the color you choose, if you have a free corner in your garden, you can put the one you like the most and have the guarantee that, in a very short time, you will have a beautiful green corner.
To give you an idea of what Well, there can be several bamboos in your favorite place in the home, take a look at the photo below.
Bamboo is a very fast growing plant that does not need to be subscribed, but there are periodic waterings, especially during the first years. Its ideal location will be one where it has direct sun all day, as it does not grow quite well in semi-shade.
What did you think of the bamboo? Do you have any?
Monica, I loved stopping by, I have a little bamboo in a pot, I'm going to follow your advice and I'm going to plant it in the garden where it's sunny. I would always like to receive your comments but I don't know how to follow you since I only have a blog.
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Hello Monica, in search of information about bamboo I came here, I loved your blog, by the way I have a pot with bamboo and I am moving to my new house and I have to design the garden which is very difficult, which is clear to me. is that I want the bamboo in it, I am going to plant it in the form of a curtain with some containment so that it does not invade but I have doubts as to how the pruning is done, since it grows so high and the truth is that I do not want since it would give me shade in excess. So I leave you raised the concern to see if you help me. Thank you very much and greetings from Uruguay.
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With regard to your doubts if you do not want it to grow a lot high, the ideal is that you plant it in the soil with a pot. In this way, not only the height of the plant is reduced, but also the appearance of the "suckers". As for pruning, it can be done from spring to autumn. Bamboo is a very hardy plant and, growing so fast, it can be pruned at any time (except in the frosty season).
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Hello Monica. I have Bamboo in my garden for 7 years. I have verified that I have bamboo rhizomes in areas where I did not plant it. I am afraid of trees, especially nearby, and a hydrangea planter that is one meter and a half away, I have it infested. There are rhizomes tucked into the root balls, and I am even afraid of the wall, I have seen that they are large (some one and a half centimeters in diameter) and they are very strong. What do you advise me? Do I cut all the bamboo? Do I make a ditch to cut all the rhizomes that come out of the bush? If I cut the rhizomes, do I guarantee that the plant does not regenerate? Thank you very much for your advice.
Hi Gonzalo.
Bamboo is a very, very invasive plant. The Phyllostachys nigra (black bamboo) can be controlled well, but the others… not so much.
If you cut those rhizomes that have come out in areas where there were none, it is likely that they will come out again, so you would have to cut every so often.
The solution would be to remove all the bamboo. If they are removed with the root, they will not come out again.
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