I've got a pond with a liner which bamboo will be best around it?

Claire Burton wrote:
> I've got a pond with a liner which bamboo will be best around
> it?

A ground cover bamboo or a clumper.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

Claire Burton wrote:
> I've got a pond with a liner which bamboo will be best around it?
>
>

A running bamboo (like phyllostachys) will pierce the liner.

Go for a clumper - the ground cover(running bamboos) are much more
likely to penetrate the pond liner!

For cold areas look at Fargesias, for the warmer areas, you may wish to
look at the Dendrocalamus or Bambusas.


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pjedmond