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Old 02-05-2010, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Allen View Post
Thinking that there has to be a way it is controlled in certain areas I went looking and quickly found this link. All may not be lost, if you really want bamboo... looks like you can get a type that does not "run".

http://bamboo.home.texas.net/control.html

I would be careful though, I have had more than one landscape nursery give me bad information about the properties of the plantings I was buying.

P.S. The article states that the shoots are "fragile"... the ones my neighbor had were not, they were dangerous!
Thanks for the info...I think we'll skip the bamboo idea.