Clueless Landscape Designer

[samman]

I was watching a program on HGTV today, and the designer was using bamboo in the clients back yard. He was using Yellowgrove, and was putting it right next to the fencline (neighbor on the other side). His method of containment was to plant them in the nursery containers they came in... and placing the rims at soil level.

I feel sorry for the clients because in a few short years (if that), the plants will either break out of the pots, or jump over the top and head right into the neighbor's yard. The containers looked pretty full, so it may only be a year or two.

[Roy]

I was watching a program on HGTV today, and the designer was using bamboo in the clients back yard. He was using Yellowgrove, and was putting it right next to the fencline (neighbor on the other side). His method of containment was to plant them in the nursery containers they came in... and placing the rims at soil level.

I feel sorry for the clients because in a few short years (if that), the plants will either break out of the pots, or jump over the top and head right into the neighbor's yard. The containers looked pretty full, so it may only be a year or two.

Now you know why bamboo has such a bad name in so many places. The rhizomes will also come out the drainage holes even before they jump over the top of the pot.

[Iowaboo]

Depends on climate

[CJW]

when I go to nusuries out here, I often see bamboo either sold as a so called "waterplant" or large RUNNING timber species being sold as clumping bamboos. Most nursuries also classify all yellow looking bamboos as golden bamboo.
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Example: I was at gdn works here in Victoria and they had some 1gal moso for $40.00 which is a total ripoff, they had a description of the plant as a large leafed bamboo which gets 10m or 12ft.. they didn't even have the math right..

[Roy]

Depends on climate

Climate does have a major effect on bamboo. If the HGTV series was being shot north of Hudson Bay or there abouts, then perhaps one could plant the bamboo in pots next to a neighbor's fence and not have to worry about the bamboo intruding into the neighbor's yard.

[Thuja]

I've been doing it wrong all these years. Dang it.

[bambooweb]

I just watched it (Video Tape) You have to love the designers quote explaining why he left them in the pots.

If you don't contain the bamboo you had better run and hide...... It will completely wreck your life

Note the designer was David Ross and the show was Landscape smart LDS-1308. http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gl_design_othe ... 67,00.html

The new shows are for season 18 so I wonder if Mr Ross is running and hiding?

Bill

[CadyG]

Remember, it's HGTV, not Harvard.
We expect these things from HGTV.

[rob e]

With a name like home and garden t.v.,
one might expect to actually see some gardening.
they don't show much and never enough bamboo.

[BooKing]

Half-Garbage TV...But we take what we can get on bamboo...