South Wales, UK - What You Need To Know About Bamboo in South Wales

Bamboo has already been gradually flourishing in appeal for a few UK property owners over the last ten years, nevertheless, unknown to many it is a vigorous and fast-growing plant that is really very challenging to contain and also manage.

Bamboo is known and adored for its attractive appearance and often its fast growth that provides personal privacy in overlooked gardens in urban areas, towns and suburbs and a lot of property owners plant it without comprehending its speedy growth and capability to spread out and consume other flora. People must be extremely cautious of growing it or taking on a residential or commercial property in which it occurs as it is now known that a few types of bamboo are certainly highly invasive and incredibly difficult to control.

Is Bamboo an illegal plant in the UK?

Bamboo isn’t currently classed as an invasive plant in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and there are absolutely no regulations when growing it, having said that, the weed control industry is encouraging that bamboo can be as unpredictable as Japanese Knotweed with the very same capacity to spread out, very quickly grow and infest large areas of land.

There have been an increasing number of recent claims from homeowners who have taken legal proceedings against neighbours and residential or commercial properties around them in which their bamboo has been permitted to disperse onto their homes and become a major problem for them.

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What types of Bamboo are there?

Both the clumping and running types, all have substantial underground root and rhizome systems, making them extremely hard to control and extract without working with an invasive plant specialist like South Wales Japanese Knotweed.

Running Bamboo is the variety that disperses very quickly over as well as below ground. It distributes very long, lateral rhizomes (root system), that may frequently reach up to 30ft from the main plant. This brings about the plant quickly spreading with fresh shoots and growth developing in new places or onto other land or property causing disruption everywhere.

Due to the distance running bamboo can spread out, it has been said that it can have the potential to be more destructive than Japanese knotweed and it has very similar capabilities in order to exploit and force through broken or cracked masonry, drains, walls and patios causing more damage as it grows.

Clumping Bamboo is understood as being less intrusive than running bamboo, nevertheless, if it is left unchecked and unmanaged it can spread and very quickly grow out of control.

If sowing bamboo you should always consult a specialist regarding the variety you choose, and also plant it in containers or with strong root barrier systems in place to contain it.

If you have an invasion of bamboo or are concerned you have Bamboo in South Wales contact us today on 01269 59165 to arrange a no-obligation site survey.

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