Hello,
I would like to have different shrubs in my garden. I prefer evergreen ones. What would you recommend? What experiences do you have? Positive ones, of course 🙂 All of them together should look nice.
I would like to have different shrubs in my garden. I prefer evergreen ones. What would you recommend? What experiences do you have? Positive ones, of course 🙂 All of them together should look nice.
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Deliverer12 Aug 2016 10:22ypg schrieb:
What is so bad about it?Bamboo is a weed and uncontrollable. No matter what the gardener says, you will never get rid of it again...
I absolutely cannot recommend thuja; these plants grow very large, deep-rooted, and have thick trunks. We have them in our garden, and they block a lot of light, causing the entire lawn to become mossy. Thuja will never be part of our new garden again... Oh, and we do prune them regularly!
Deliverer schrieb:
Bamboo is a weed and impossible to control. No matter what the gardener says. You will never get rid of it...Where does this prejudice come from? We have a lot of bamboo growing "under control" in our garden. Because it is evergreen, the garden always looks nice and green, even in winter.
Best regards,
Sabine
Maybe you would like to tell us a bit more about your garden and your ideas (soil conditions, location of the future plants = shady or sunny), how much maintenance you are willing to do, what size you have in mind, etc. That way, it will be easier for the readers here to give you more suitable suggestions 🙂
Curly schrieb:
What is this prejudice about? We have a lot of bamboo growing "controlled" in our garden. Because it is evergreen, the garden looks nicely green even in winter.
Best regards,
SabineHere is a text about rhizome or bamboo barriers that I copied from the site Bambus-Lexikon.de:
Nonly Fargesia and Borinda grow like clumping shrubs! They do not send out runners and are planted without barriers, concrete rings, or containers (masonry containers).
If you plant a running bamboo in your garden, you will usually notice after just 3 years the enormous growth potential of these bamboo species. Especially in warmer regions and lighter soils, the spreading tendency of Phyllostachys (giant grasses reaching 5 to 12 meters (16 to 39 feet) in height) is hardly controllable. They are growth experts! The rhizomes spread quickly and unnoticed underground and can reach neighboring properties just as fast. The rhizomes, which root up to 50 cm (20 inches) deep, can also cause problems for garden ponds lined with foil, buildings, paved paths and patios, as well as the neighbor’s property.
To prevent this uncontrolled growth, you should allow the plants a larger area and use either a 70 cm (28 inches) wide barrier (which is often undercut) or, even better, a 1 meter (39 inches) wide PEHD/HDPE rhizome barrier, connecting the ends with an aluminum safety strip.
U[Se only] 2 millimeter (0.08 inch) thick original rhizome barriers made of PEHD/HDPE. Vertical paving slabs or lawn edging stones, as well as Eternit, metal, or polyester sheets, are absolutely unsuitable! Do not use pond liners, root protection films, or root barriers, reinforced fabric membranes, corrugated transparent sheets, concrete rings, or masonry containers![/I] Therefore, I can understand Deliverer’s statement.
Weimy schrieb:
I absolutely cannot recommend thuja; they grow very large, deep, and develop thick trunks. We have them in our garden, and they block a lot of light, causing moss to grow throughout the lawn. We will never plant thuja in our new garden again... By the way, we do prune them regularly!What alternative are you considering after this negative experience with thuja?
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