Bamboo isn't classified as a "wood," but more of a type of grass, they said. The type most often used for flooring is called “Moso” bamboo, from China and other parts of Asia.

Japanese knotweed can grow several inches a day, is so aggressive that it is nearly impossible to eradicate, and is lowering ...

Head of Forest Force and Additional Chief Secretary (Textiles, Commerce & Industries and Tribal Affairs & Hills), conducted a comprehensive review ...

Most gardeners are familiar with battling invasive weeds, but did you know some ornamental species can also become a nuisance ...

If you do want to include bamboo in your garden, consider planting it in a container, where you can easily manage its growth ...

There was a particular craze for bamboo around 15 - 20 years ago and where it’s been planted into the ground rather than in a pot, those plants are now fully mature and causing havoc.

Rhizome barriers – essentially strips of strong plastic or textile material – will prevent bamboo roots from spreading beyond them. They take work to install but will last for years. Most roots are in ...

Bamboo spreads through underground stems called rhizomes which can form a colony, creating new shoots, sometimes metres away from the original plant.

Peter dug up a garden path and found a mass of bamboo rhizome, but worse was still to come. On lifting sections of the floor and removing sections of plaster from the walls, discovered an extensive ...

The rhizomes can often grow out as far as 30ft from the main plant, creating new shoots in other areas of a garden. To investigate further, the couple removed an area of the conservatory floor, as ...

It’s a lot like common turf grasses, because bamboo is a grass! Clumping bamboos have thicker rhizomes that spread much more slowly and new shoots growing closer to the main plant, forming a clump.