r/Bamboo

I posted the other week about my bamboo not seeming to be growing like I expected. I was able to get a picture yesterday. Thoughts?

My husband and I bought our dream home. There is a GRIP of running bamboo. The house was owned by people in their 80s and this is certainly well established and hasn’t been maintained seemingly for awhile. (White box is human size for reference.) I’ve never grown bamboo, I’ve never maintained bamboo, it’s on the property line, and I just don’t want it to take over our neighbors yards or our lives. I am fine with it if controlled, but am concerned with all the new growth (we’ve been kicking it over). Please any advice is appreciated.

Got these beaut’s from a friend in the Tacoma area. Stalks are yellow-green, very skinny leaves. Light brown-white checkerboard pattern on new growth. Hopefully these pictures help :p

I’m assuming arrow bamboo from quick google search, or at least a phyllostachys?

We live in an area where bamboo is quite invasive. My son picked up a shoot which wasnt attached to a rhizome and growing many roots. Can that happen? How? Seed?

Hi all, we purchased a new house 9 months ago. It has 2 separate area’s next to each other with giant bamboe. Everything was green during fall and winter. Now since early april one area is turning yellow with big leaves lost. One side more then the other (photo is taken from different sides). We had a dry period in april. I have tried to keep the soil moist (i have started watering when i saw leaves turning yellow, which was a few weeks after the dry period started) now both area’s get same amount of water using a drip hose. Soil was and is covered with leaves to keep it from drying out.

Any idea’s or suggestions?

Does anyone know what this is? It's everywhere

I’m looking at a property that I like overall, but there’s a patch of bamboo in the backyard. According to the owner, the bamboo has been there for 26 years, and they manually remove any new shoots that come up in the yard.
I’ve heard bamboo can be difficult to fully remove and may spread aggressively, so I’m trying to understand the real risk here. For anyone who has dealt with this before: would this be a dealbreaker, or is it manageable with regular maintenance?

These three were ordered online and planted 4/13/26 here in Georgia. One looks good enough, the other two, obviously not, and never have. They arrived with roots bound in plastic wrap with gel for moisture. The company has repeatedly assured me that they should come back, and if they haven’t by June, they would consider replacing them. Shouldn’t there be some evidence of life after being planted over a month?

Sorry the video is a bit poor. We planted this bamboo a couple weeks ago and I went to check it today to find a couple stalks are turning dark. I wasn’t sure if this was normal or not. We live near Portland OR for context. I was looking online and thought this could be because maybe it’s receiving too much water based on other posts I saw online but the stalks are all still pretty taught. I’m hoping someone on here could help me determine what this is since this is my first bamboo plant and I’m not familiar with what to expect from them.

Da bamboo

It really wants to lean one way.. will the bushiness at the bottom eventually spread upward and even out? One more question, if you look toward the bottom there’s a very dried out stalk sticking out, what should I do about that if anything? Apologies if these are silly Q’s - I’m obviously a total newbie.

(I am located in Florida)

I have a huge birds of paradise hybrid mix of travelers palms and a few others plants mixed in (it was there already when I bought my house) I love how it looks and how much privacy it’s provided me over the years (blocks people from seeing if my car is parked in the driveway or not) it’s about 10-12ft tall and 6ft across but recently I’ve been told it has “root rot” and it needs to be removed.

I do not want to remove the BOP so I decided to heavily prune it tomorrow but If it eventually comes down to removing the BOP I’m having a hard time finding something similar to plant in its place that would provide me with the same amount of privacy and won’t cost a fortune.
Any suggestions?

My idea was if it comes down to having no choice but to remove the BOP I thought of planting some non-invasive/clumping bamboo such as Wamin Bamboo in place of the BOP. But the issue is I remember being told bamboo grows out of control quickly and that a containment structure is needed in order to keep it contained to one area.
My questions are:

1. Is planting bamboo with a containment structure guaranteed to keep it confined to one area?
2. Are containment structures expensive?
3. . Do any companies in Florida (near Volusia County) specialize in making custom containment structures?

I’m going to include pictures of the current “dying” BOP and where it’s located on my property and if anyone could tell me if they think properly contained bamboo would be a good idea or if anyone has any better suggestions for a new privacy plant, I’m 100% open to suggestions.

I’m going for a tropical, leafy vibe if replacing my BOP with bamboo isn’t an option!

(Sorry for my lack of knowledge on the subject, I’m here to learn)

Thanks for reading!

Can anyone help identify this bamboo? Is it running or clumping? Thanks!

I was in awe!

Wondering if rabbits will gnaw on the new shoots? We've got some big ones this year and I'm disappointed to see so many fallen soldiers.

If it is rabbits, does anyone know of any remedies to keep them away? A higher barrier isn't feasible so looking for alternate methods. Thank you!