Rhizomes on clumping bamboo are not as long and grow more slowly, so they are easier to contain. “I would feel comfortable planting a clumping bamboo in my yard,” Campbell says.

Fiona then says, "Start digging a trench around the perimeter of the bamboo clump, going at least a foot deep. As you go, sever any rhizomes you encounter using the axe or a sharp spade.

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Bamboo rhizomes can grow several feet in a single year and provide the means to become an aggressive invader. Golden bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea), for example, was introduced to Alabama in 1882 as ...

The golden bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea), widely available everywhere from neighborhood nurseries to the Home Depot, is the Jackie Joyner-Kersee of the bamboo world, sending its rhizomes ...

Rhizomes can generate new plants as much as 20 feet away from the original plant. They may crowd and eventually exclude adjacent plants, including natives, and threaten biodiversity.

A stand of bamboo sends out rhizomes as it expands across a property in Westport on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. Brian A. Pounds.

Some varieties of bamboo actually have a higher tensile strength than steel - 28,000 PSI compared to steel's 23,000. Yet homeowners and gardeners continue to underestimate the risk posed by bamboo ...

Paul Wilkinson, based in New South Wales, told Yahoo News that he has spent almost $3,000 attempting to reverse the damage of a bamboo plant that he says his neighbour first planted five years ago.

There was an extensive network of bamboo rhizomes beneath the concrete floor of the conservatory (Image: Environet) These varieties have evolved to spread rapidly with roots often travelling over ...

Rhizomes can generate new plants as much as 20 feet away from the original plant. They may crowd and eventually exclude adjacent plants, including natives, and threaten biodiversity.

Unwanted growth: Critics say the plant is difficult to contain, and some neighbors use it as a natural weapon during disputes WESTPORT -- Talk to a person with a neighbor growing a stand of bamboo ...