Can I grow non-invasive bamboo?

Create a corner of the garden exotic or a hedge plant by cultivating bamboo, without ending up with a forest, it is possible. For this, choose bamboos called non-tracing. Once the choice ofspecies selected, minimum maintenance will be guaranteed and the space taken care of.

Why are bamboos invasive?

Bamboos have rhizomes tracers underground that develop turions, young bamboo shoots, over tens of meters. Each turion is a future bamboo base. Bamboo tends to grow quickly and can quickly colonize an entire garden space or nothing will grow.

What species of bamboo to cultivate so as not to invade space?

Some bamboos are known to have reasonable growth, form clumps and above all have a poorly developed and non-tracing root system (clumsy), unlike the Phyllostachys and to Pleioblastus, invasive. The best known are Fargesias whose species:

• scabrida : its persistent foliage has the advantage of supporting all exposures;
• angustissima : with some stubble more than four meters high, angustissima forms a curtain of greenery or a beautiful exotic hotpot;
• rufa : its canes which rise up to three meters and its evergreen foliage are perfect for creating a veritable curtain of vegetation in the partial shade for separate two spaces ;
• nitida : with green or black culms depending on the variety. This Fargesia appreciates the shade and is grown both in beds and in pots;
• robusta : varieties like ‘Campbell’, can reach four meters in height. Its canes are green in the shade and color yellow to Sun ;
• murielae : bamboo that grows quickly and can reach four meters in height. He composes beautiful hedges with evergreen foliage. Varieties like ‘Simba’ or ‘Bimbo’ are small in size, perfect in tubs on a terrace.

Whether for a shady or sunny exposure, with green, yellow or black leaves and canes, tall or dwarf, there is something for all gardeners.