One side of our garden is relatively well screened with trees, but there's a gap between our two young apple trees that is about 8 feet wide. The gap used to contain a Kilmarnock Willow before the dogs pulled it to pieces
We only have a 3 foot picket fence on that side, so the gap means our very nosy neighbours can see right into the garden from their sofa. We've been looking for ways to screen it but we don't want to use anything that will form a dense wall of green, because it would block the sun from their patio in the late evening (gardens are south facing). They're in their 80s and don't tend to sit out at night, but I'm trying to be thoughtful!
We were in B&Q tonight and I noticed they had some Golden Bamboo. It was nice and leafy, so thick enough to give us privacy, but not so thick it would block the sun (and it made a nice swishy noise!). They had different sizes between 2 and 8 feet, so I wondered if it'd be better to get taller ones and plant them directly into the ground, or get shorter ones and plant them in pots like this? I've heard that bamboo spreads very quickly, and don't want it to take over the garden if I plant it straight in the soil - is there something I can do to stop it spreading?
The alternative is to ditch the bamboo altogether if I can find another kind of evergreen plant that will grow tall/bushy quickly (in pots or in the ground) and not become too dense - any ideas?
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Bamboo - good or bad? Alternatives?
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MrsL123 · 13/04/2010 21:46
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