Vina...I'm sorry and have to disagree on Heather Jo's knowledge, but I am sorry for your problems. Vina, it's not the plant, it's the humans not tending to it. All running bamboo in suburban situations must be planted in the confines of a properly installed bamboo barrier system. Simply mowing the shoots when they started coming into your yard would have done the trick. I have written on many of these threads and I am out in the open. You can contact me. People in your situation I offer no charge consultations, maybe I can help.
Other than the last 2 paragraphs I find it hard to find fact here. I find Heather Jo Flores highly uninformed and making statements that are not true. People, before going to print, please, please check facts.
Re: “To Bamboo or Not to Bamboo”
Vina...I'm sorry and have to disagree on Heather Jo's knowledge, but I am sorry for your problems. Vina, it's not the plant, it's the humans not tending to it. All running bamboo in suburban situations must be planted in the confines of a properly installed bamboo barrier system. Simply mowing the shoots when they started coming into your yard would have done the trick. I have written on many of these threads and I am out in the open. You can contact me. People in your situation I offer no charge consultations, maybe I can help.