Can anyone tell me where to buy bamboo to plant in the N. Dallas area?
Bamboo! Bamboo! Bamboo! Help....
I have no idea, but bamboo is VERY invasive and is hard to remove once established.
I'm with Stephanie -- don't do it.
Carla
I am with them also, talk to Mibus2 about it she had to deal with it.
Josephine.
I will agree that it is hard to remove but it is not necessarily invasive. There are many different kinds some invasive some not. There is a very large patch between my yard and my parents that has been there for at least 50 years and has expanded very little.
If you find one that is hardy in your area, make SURE it is the clumping variety!!!!
I went to Caldwells Nursery in Rosenburg, Tx. You will find all kinds of Bamboo varieties growing there for anyone to see and check her website out to see the names and zones for them. And whether they are clumping or running type .
http://www.caldwellhort.com/
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HI MsCC007
if you got to the website http://www.bamboocraft.net/
you will find all kinds of info there and the founder of it is in Austin
go into the forums and you can find out what will work for you in Dallas
BUT I will join in the rest in saying it is Very invasive When we moved here 2 years ago we had 1/2 acre of it that someone had planted and did not contain it so it was running all over killing out trees and plants.
We have finally take care of that problem and it is close to 99% gone.
Clumping does not grow as fast as running as far as spreading out.
if you are planning on putting it in the ground then you will need to mow it over where it comes up and you don't want it
if you don't want to do that and want to keep it contained yet in the ground then you are going to have to dig a trench roughly 36 inches deep and find a credit card thickness plastic to use and double it over and put it in the trench with some overhanging out then fill the trench back in and plant the bamboo inside that trenched area so the plastic is the barrier..I have not done this but that is the info I found as I was researching how to get rid of it.
To get rid of bamboo for anyone wanting to know the best way is to cut it down to ground level and put tarps over it securing wtih rocks or heavy items that will not blow off so you are starving it from the rain and sun...a back hoe is nice to get the roots up and out but makes a mess trying to level it back out without a bobcat.