It’s “spring” at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens in Gainesville. Lots of flowers are posing for pictures.
Bamboo Forest
On a totally different garden topic, let’s talk bamboo. Kanapoha has a fabulous bamboo forest. In addition to the bamboo stand by the red bridge they have a bamboo bower 20- feet in diameter for reflecting, having a picnic or just getting away from the Florida sun.
It was beautiful and I appreciated it BUT…
I hate bamboo. Detest it. Think it should be banned from the earth. In Connecticut I saw an acre destroyed by bamboo. The Rhyzomes extend deep into the earth. Conquering the invader required heavy equipment, a plastic barrier six feet down, lots of money and no guarantees.
Would love to know the secret of containing the damn thing.
I digress.
Seeing azaleas 2.5 months early was a joy.
Have you seen any signs of early spring?
What is your experience with bamboo?
A Mile at a Time 
The best way to get rid of it is to cut each stalk individually and brush each cut with a paintbrush dipped in brush-be-gone or a similar herbicide. Time consuming but effective. You may get a few that grow back but they will be weaker and you keep treating them the same way until they all die. That’s what worked for me.
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That for that Sheila but hiw did bamboo come to be in your yard?
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