Hi angela, sorry but I wouldn't hold your breath with them! 90% chance they'll decline after being dug out. You don't want to be feeding them anything..just water and hope for the best.

Mine all flower like clockwork... ive never seen an advantage cutting them off, plus they look lovely.

Hi stu, I have various bamboo's for sale from time to time, and fargesia robusta campbell would be an easy one for you to start with...although ANY type of boo's need regular containment whether its a clumper or running type.
karl.

Hi jonty, i'm afraid ive got to disagree with Grev regarding phyllostachys being well behaved!....it is only my experience i'm talking about. Some of mine have been as good as gold but i'd not recommend along a fence as they'll soon be friendly with your neighbour regardless of containing with barri...

I 've always got bits and bobs for sale...your welcome to visit the garden as long as I have a little notice. Karl.

Thanks grev,i've seen similar done before and it does look effective,i wont be lacking interest in the garden believe me!,also got portugese laurel eleaganus limelight to add colour.

I'm in Halesowen.

Many thanks chad/chez, I may be able to get 18 inches from fence at a push,i'm not to fussed regarding dieback on fence side as there's a gravel board and a five foot timber panel. I originally wanted some for right at bottom of garden but reading up on them they don't like clay especially if it ret...

Hi Jay, where in the midlands are you?

Hi Darren...I thought I was seeing a ghost!,are you still as keen or got bored. I was only thinking of some of the old members recently, i'm living in a mini jungle here so no palms required thanks.

Hi chad, thanks for reply. The exact type is fagus sylvatica purpurea. when they go in i'm thinking about 12 inches from solid featheredge fence which is six feet high...and hopefully letting beech grow about a foot above the fence height?.

I've got hold of some nice pot grown 5 litre plants, i plan on putting them against an existing fence but not in the near future so have temporary potted them up to 7.5 litre pots. I'm wondering whether I'll need to plant them in a double staggered row or single file?.

This is one of English heritages properties, we visited the house last week and were impressed how it had been preserved. The gardens are simply stunning...nothing really rare but a fantastic mix of evergreens which were impeccable and a sunken fern area with some great design features,well worth a ...

Hi Dave, there lovely plants when kept dry! unless you create overhead structures your doing the right thing keeping them in pots...that mix sounds ok as drainage is the key with any desert plants, I would not worry to much regarding feeding them.

Hi Jas, in between writing I have done a little more research and decided to go for the petiolaris form. I bought two well established 3 litre pots for £14 so although known to be slow i'm not to fussed, they both prefer moist soil conditions so that maybe your problem jas?.