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Phyllostachys Aurea (Bamboo)

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  • 12-06-2018 11:50am
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    countrywoman
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭


    I spotted Bamboo for sale in pots this morning in Dunnes Stores for 25 Euro

    I have a location in mind in the garden for one. What soil conditions/orientation do they like?

    I could also put it in a pot, but would it require a huge pot?


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    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,072 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Probably best avoided.

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/75274/Phyllostachys-aurea/Details

    "Phyllostachys are attractive, large, evergreen bamboos with running rhizomes, although in cool temperate climates may initially behave like clump-forming genera."

    Would obvs be OK in a massive pot, but maybe instead pick something that's definitely clumping.


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    countrywoman
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭countrywoman


    Thanks Lumen
    I didn't buy it!


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    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,764 ✭✭✭my3cents


    I'd also add you have to keep these well away from ponds with a liner because they'll puncture it and septic tank systems because they will block up the percolation area pipes.


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