Re: The case for making an informed choice

Travis;738376 Wrote: 
> 
> The only person outside of Europe that I have seen described a
> Phyllostachys 
> as a clumper was Cisco Morris on his television show. He planted a P.
> aurea and
> said it was a clumper then gave a warning that all clumpers will run
> after 
> about
> 4 years.
> 
> Bill Travis in Shoreline Wa****ngton

The quote says it all. People need to go in to bamboo with both eyes
wide open and be prepared. After all, we all know about 'dwarf'
conifers that will revert in time. 'Clumping' is a question of time.
Time, ground conditions and climate.

I grow 20 varieties and I reckon bamboo takes four years just to settle
in. If it likes its situation by year seven its moving like a train! But
it IS beautiful! 

I've come across many garden visitors who have planted bamboo and then
been forced to go to considerable effort to remove it. I believe many
households are in for a shock in years to come. Just as householders
here in the UK have, for the past 35years, been advised that there was
really only one plant to grow along their garden perimeter (Leyland
cypress). Yet only fairly recently is the Govt legislating against it.
And Leylandii remain where they are planted . . . .




-- 
Winsford