Bamboo plant

Just be carful. I planted bamboo by our barn and it is very invasive and grows right through the foundation.

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario

You can get non-invasive bamboo, ones that clump rather than run. Even if you do get the varieties that run, you can limit their spread through some creative means, including barriers.

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

Thanks for the warning but i’m aware of the invasiveness etc. – I’m trying to find inexpensive rhisomes which would survive our winter here and not be charged arm and leg for them. Does anyone know a local (Ontario) bamboo source?

-- tropicals lover - Katherine, Ontario, Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I am looking into purchasing a couple of these too.

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

I bought yellow grove and panda a month ago from a guy who posted an add on kijiji toronto – they grow like crazy now – about 10-15 cm/day.

-- tropicals lover - Katherine, Ontario, Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Hey Nanumi,

How have you been? Thx for the cuttings you gave me, I now have 2 small trees covered with leaves :-) What made you decide on yellow grove and panda?

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Hi, bullseye,

I’m glad about the trumpets – I’m sure they’ll blossom with your TLC :) Two of mine are in bloom…
Based on what I had read yellow grove and panda are supposed to survive here – so far I have seconds thoughts about planting my new “babies’” – same with musa basjoo – but this year they definitely stay outside for winter – they look horribly sick right now.

-- tropicals lover - Katherine, Ontario, Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

My basjoo drooped over the weekend in that heat we had, but after taking it back in and watering it, it perked up again.

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Bullseye, how is your musa basjoo doing now? I have someone who has offered one to me, in exchange for a whole lot of stuff I gave him last fall, but I am wondering if I should do it. Any advice?

-- jroot

Japense Knotweed is a bamboo growing wild in NS and will survive this climate

But here i we are trying to eradicate it with great difficulty

The roots go down 23 ft and spread

Parks Canada is trying something. I don’t have it thank Gad. it is horrible although pretty

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

I bought some black bamboo at “Botonix”...........evasive so be careful where you plant it

-- Central northish Ontario

I had the Japanese knotwood in the side bed at the old house. Now you know why we moved… to the other side of the tracks ( in the same town ). LOL

-- jroot

My kijiji bought bamboos do quite well, doubled their size along the fence, no sign of invasiveness – still struggling to survive in harsh Ontario’s global cooling system. I do hope they’ll be alive next spring around.

-- tropicals lover - Katherine, Ontario, Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I’ve never grown bamboo so I am of no help. But I’m sure there are some experienced bamboo-ers here! :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Geez, me neither. I bet if the homeowner has more than enough, he/she wouldn’t mind giving you some. Most gardeners are pretty generous that way. Have you checked on line, some of the “on-line” nurseries might sell it.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Japanese Knotweed is actually not a bamboo plant, it is a member of the Polygonaceae family of flowering plants also known as the “knotweed family” or “smartweed family”. The name is based on the genus Polygonum. Some well known members include Fagopyrum (buckwheat), Rumex (sorrel), Rheum (rhubarb), and Polygonum (knotgrass). The family is named for the many swollen node joints that some species have; poly means many and goni means knee or joint, though some interpret goni to mean seed, and the name then would refer to the many seeds these plants often produce.

For Canadian Bamboo you might want to check out this site: Canadian Bamboo

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20