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Bamboo taking over my garden

Solear
18 years ago

I live in a row of terraced cottages in London, facing due south, with handkerchief size gardens, most are paved over leaving a border of earth. My neighbour, who admits he is no "gardener", had "easy-care" shrubs planted by professionals 3 years ago. Our dividing garden walls are only 3 feet high. I liked the bamboo at first and regularly passed my hose over his garden as I watered my own. This summer I haven't done that as it has grown to over 14 feet high, it loses leaves which fall over my garden. Worse still, I found shoots coming up in my own garden. When the wind blows (prevailing southwesterly) I get "slapped"in the face by bamboo. It is tatty and uncared for. He has never watered nor pruned it and it is now a menace. How damaging are the roots? Anyone got any ideas? I feel like going out in the dead of night with Round-Up. Any advice welcome, and no, I can't talk to him. I could pop a print-out through the door though. Thanks.

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