Stroud, UK - Bamboo Stroud FAQs – Learn everything you should know

Bamboo has been steadily flourishing in popularity for a few UK homeowners in the last 10 years, having said that, unknown to many it is an active and fast-growing plant that is very troublesome to contain and manage. In the event that you have or even think you have Bamboo Stroud then you should get advice from an expert like ourselves, West Country Knotweed & Garden Services and we will advise you of your most ideal action to ensure it doesn’t grow out of control.

Bamboo is known and liked for its attractive look and often its fast growth which gives a level of privacy in overlooked gardens in urban areas, towns and residential areas, however, property owners plant it without comprehending its quick growth and capability to spread and consume other vegetation and plants. You should be very cautious of planting it or taking on a property in which it is present since it is now known that a number of bamboo types are highly invasive and extremely tough to manage.

The UK Invasive Weed Control Industry is being called on increasingly to remove and manage bamboo where it has been grown at a property without knowing just how it is going to take over, or where it has spread from an adjoining property.

Experts have explained, that invasive bamboo is transforming into a major predicament for British homeowners that may not have understood its growth speed and its invasiveness if it is not properly controlled. Sometimes, the ‘running’ bamboo varieties can extend as much as 30ft below ground in addition to their considerable above-ground growth.

Several home mortgage lenders in the UK and The RICS (The Royal Insitute Of Chartered Surveyors) are exceptionally averse to lending on a property where Japanese Knotweed is present or has been present and most require a Japanese Knotweed Management plan to be in place, and a growing number are now understanding that bamboo is also a huge problem, however, is still unrecognised many house owners as an invasive weed that can easily grow out of control if not planted correctly and managed.

Bamboo seeds can still easily be bought online or from garden centres throughout the UK and this is actually adding to the issue that property owners are still unaware of the consequences of sowing and not regulating it. This frequently results in it growing out of control and taking over the other flowers and vegetation in a garden and even spreading to other property owners’ gardens and land.

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Bamboo isn’t presently classified as an invasive plant in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and there are no restrictions when planting it, however, the weed control industry is suggesting that bamboo can be just as unpredictable as Japanese Knotweed with the same capacity to spread extremely quickly and grow and infest sizable areas of land.

There have been a growing number of recent claims from homeowners who have taken legal action against neighbours and residential or commercial properties in which their bamboo has been allowed to spread onto their properties and ends up being a serious problem for them. There are many different varieties of the bamboo plant and some are more invasive than others.

West Country Knotweed Removal and Garden Services have seen a large rise in the number of enquiries being received from homeowners who have planted bamboo. Contact us today on 0117 321 7799 and we can advise you on the action to take.