Clumping bamboos such as Fargesias don’t pose a problem, as they stay pretty much in place. It is the running invasive bamboo in the genera Bambusa, Phyllostachys, Pleioblastus, and Pseudosasa that ...

Types Of Bamboo When choosing a bamboo plant, first consider how you want it to look and grow in your space. There are two main categories of bamboo: clumping (pachymorphs) and running (leptomorphs).

Running bamboo grows so fast and is so invasive that it’s rooting up headstones in cemeteries, crossing neighborhood property lines and becoming a “major issue” in Maryland parks. Bamboo overgrowth ...