Planting Bamboo in Tulsa

[HoneySuckle]

NOOOOOOO!

I have a friend who planted bamboo about 12 years ago here in Tulsa, and it was her biggest regret.  While bamboo looks awesome, it can take over your yard.  Hers was at the back near her fence and they moved in closer and closer to her house, not kidding!

[SXSW]

You can see the look I'm going for at Blue Moon Cafe in Brookside.  They keep their bamboo trimmed to look like a hedge. 

[Townsend]

You can see the look I'm going for at Blue Moon Cafe in Brookside.  They keep their bamboo trimmed to look like a hedge. 

I like the look they have.  They also have concrete surrounding the bamboo don't they?

[Conan71]

NOOOOOOO!

I have a friend who planted bamboo about 12 years ago here in Tulsa, and it was her biggest regret.  While bamboo looks awesome, it can take over your yard.  Hers was at the back near her fence and they moved in closer and closer to her house, not kidding!

Sounds like one of those great campy 1950's horror movies.

"The Creeping Bamboo Invaders"

[SXSW]

I like the look they have.  They also have concrete surrounding the bamboo don't they?

I think my raised planters should contain it nicely.  I looked at theirs again and it's the same kind they're selling at Southwood.  I'm going to wait until the spring to plant.

[DolfanBob]

Dont they use that stuff for torture ? something about fingernails, I dont know. 

[custosnox]

Dont they use that stuff for torture ? something about fingernails, I dont know. 

I think there is also a version where they plant the really fast growing stuff under someone tied down...

[PonderInc]

I would only plant bamboo (of any kind) in a planter, or (like Brookside) surrounded by 50 feet of concrete in every direction!

But I agree that it looks wonderful...if you can keep it in check.

My sister planted the stuff that looks like miniature bamboo (don't know what it's called).  She had little square garden areas between her pool and a concrete path to her detached garage.  The miniature bamboo travelled underneath the concrete path (2-3 feet wide) and now pops up in her lawn. 

[SXSW]

I would only plant bamboo (of any kind) in a planter, or (like Brookside) surrounded by 50 feet of concrete in every direction!

But I agree that it looks wonderful...if you can keep it in check.

My sister planted the stuff that looks like miniature bamboo (don't know what it's called).  She had little square garden areas between her pool and a concrete path to her detached garage.  The miniature bamboo travelled underneath the concrete path (2-3 feet wide) and now pops up in her lawn. 

I plan on putting liners in my raised planters.  Though everything I read about the type of bamboo I'm putting in says it doesn't spread.  The 'running' type is the one you want to avoid, unless you are creating a bamboo forest.  The 'clumping' type, and specifically the type Southwood sells, does not spread but just to be cautious I'm going to put liners in.