The result is a slowly expanding clump some species expanding as little as 1 2 per year.
Clumping bamboo for privacy.
Clumping bamboo refers to bamboo species which by nature do not spread long distances underground.
Clumping bamboo is most commonly used for growing privacy fences and screens as it is easily maintained and sculpted into the desired size and shape.
Or if you need a cold hardy bamboo runners are usually a better choice.
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They are some of the fastest growing plants on the planet as well so are great for use to quickly form a hedge or screen.
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Clumping bamboo is often preferred for landscaping as it can reach a height of three to six meters within four years and is a good option for privacy screens and hedges.
But keep in mind there are times when it might make more sense to plant a runner.
Clumping bamboos make excellent fast growing evergreen hedges o r specimen plants.
As a decorative plant it can be used as a focal point or to hide a garden wall.
We provide the privacy that you need with non invasive bamboo.
Instead of coming up ten or twenty feet away from any existing canes new shoots from clumping bamboos emerge next to the existing canes each year.
Living privacy screens 1.
Clumping bamboo landscape ideas for your garden.
Bamboo plants are some of the best and most attractive plants for use in creating a hedge or privacy screen that serves as a visual or wind and noise buffer.
Selecting a clumping bamboo variety for your garden.
In zones 8b and above they are the fastest growing and most attractive option for an evergreen privacy screen windbreak or noise dust barrier.
In only 5 months this beautifully lush hedge was grown and clipped into shape.
Clumping bamboo for sound barriers one cold hardy clumping bamboo that works well both as a privacy screen and noise buffer is fargesia rufa one of several species that is lumped under the common name of hardy bamboo.
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Some are also well suited to container gardening or decorative planters.
Although it has many different species there are two main groups one is the upright version and the other one includes species with arching stems.
Although their dense root structure can impose significant pressure on foundations walls fences and the like.
Non invasive clumping bamboo sympodial or pachymorph have short roots 18 or less generally forming discreet clumps requiring only a 3 to 10 circle of space to expand even at maturity.
As you can see there are many advantages to planting clumpers instead of runners.
Golden goddess bamboo hedge may 2011.