Hopefully you all will be able to help me with some questions I have about growing bamboo.
I just had a fence installed, and unfortunately the ground is not flat, so there are some gaps at the bottom of the fence. I was thinking I could build some raised garden beds along the base of my fence to block the gaps, and pretty up what otherwise is a very crappy yard (no grass, mostly trees).
Since bamboo is pretty invasive, I know it’s not something I would want to just plant anywhere. I was wondering if it would make any difference if I planted the bamboo in raised garden beds? Would that make it easier to control? If not, is there some other low-maintenance plant I could use that would look good along a fence?
A lot of us would consider that to be a nice yard.
That’s fair. I worded that poorly. It’s a crappy yard because it’s drab and boring right now. It doesn’t have grass, and is mostly trees. It’s plain, and I want to spruce it up somehow.
Well the obvious solution is spruce.
Personally I’ve got a chain link fence, so I’ve planted ivy. In your case, any thick woody plant would probably do. Which one exactly depends on your location and climate.
The real solution would be to fix the ground level, but that’s a lot of labor if you’re doing it yourself by hand.
Oh god, not ivy. I don’t know about where you are, but in a lot of places, it is extremely invasive and impossible to get rid of.
I’m in USDA zone 6. Yes, English ivy is invasive, but I’ve never seen it go crazy around here. I’ve never had trouble controlling or removing it.
Oriental bittersweet, Virginia creeper, and knotweed, on the other hands, are the real problems in my area.