Droopy bamboo

[EllenParsnips]

We have a bamboo hedge in our back garden but it's drooping a lot into the pathway. I like it like that but it's not very practical. I don't want to cut it. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could gently restrain it up against the brickwall that it hides?

Thank you

Oh - Hi again EP: you've answered my question - so you do have a back garden!

What colour and sort of bamboo is it? But Yes, bamboo is always going to be droopy, and I wouldn't have thought it made a good 'hedge'.

If you can drill into the wall, with a masonry drill, use Rawlplugs, and fix wires along, might help to hold it up.

What else is in the back garden?

I don't know what kind it is Ferguson. It's in front of a brick wall to hide that. I thought there might be something specially made to hold it back but rawlplugs and wires will have to do - thanks.

Gripple are really good for that kind of job - they make it much easier to tension the wire than those turny things (technical vocabulary fail). I use them a lot in my allotment.

I learn something new everyday here on the gardening forum. Thank you.

Hello again. I got the gripple and I've used it but have tightened it too much. Can I un-tighten it or have I used it the wrong way?!

Errrr... if they are the same plastic ones that I used, I think they should slide back and forth - I've definitely reused some of mine so I think you should just be able to feed the wire out again. (Trying to remember! I could be wrong. Will check for you later on)