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The common house plant ivy has survived for me completly submerged for months and only one leaf has died. It is hard to keep them submerged, but I found a small vase and put the plant in there and some gravel to hold it down. I am not sure if the bamboo will survive, but you may want to experiment and test if it will survive. Good luck and Happy Holidays!

Hi Ms Minnamouse, I am going to assume the bird is big, not real little. You are going to need at least a 2 inch culm size. Here are some suggestions: Phyllostachys congesta-thick culms, 2.5 inches, full to half sun, good for wet areas if necessary. Phyllostachys angusta- stone bamboo-yellow green with very hard wood, used for furniture. Culm diameter 1.5 inches. Full to half sun. Phyllostachys bissetii- green,culm dia. 1.5 inches. Full to half sun. There are other bamboos also, I can't really make a list that long. If you can dig in the ground, the ground isn't frozen, you can plant bamboo. The ground is frozen where I live now, but that is the general guideline. Bamboo isn't easy to just pull out of the ground. That is why people get upset when they spread. You can grow your own, just dig a trench around where you want to keep it and each spring and fall use a hatchet or very sharp spade to cut off the rhizone pieces that are growing into the trench. You can put light mulch in the trench or sand and mulch so you will easily be able to see it spreading. Search this forum and put the word containment in. Many people contain bamboo this way. Buy your own bamboo and try it. You will probably fall in love with it, it is fascinating to watch grow. Birds adore bamboo. They nest in it, eat it, play with it, so your bird will love it also. Good Luck with your choice, what a lucky bird! Here is a link that might be useful: Some good bamboo facts for you.

I have struggled a bit with tree tubes because my little saplings are often quite bushy when they go in the ground. Redwoods, sweet chestnut, acer campestre and alder all tend to look like mini trees rather than the slender maiden whips I had been used to planting. A field maple was as wide as it was tall (2 feet or so) and so were the walnuts...so I have had to improvise a bit since even the odd solitary water deer has munched a good few of the unprotected things. I used wire cages a couple of times (although I didn't much like the look of them and I remain unconvinced that they will remain in place or not simply be squashed against the tree by a nudging deer head) and, as both hazel and willow osiers are abundant, I have woven little hurdles as tree guards...which look lovely but are fiddly to do. Finally, I decided to try to work around the prevailing circumstances by using the brambles as nurse bushes. Cutting out most of the old wood but leaving a vague framework, then tying in the long new season canes makes a kind of living fence which, so far, has deterred the deer (although water deer are tiny and probably can't see above the bramble. I clear a space and plant the saplings in the middle of the bramble (which is surprisingly shallow and small rooted and doesn't shade out the trees. As a last resort, I have simply stacked brash around the saplings, especially useful in winter. Fencing anywhere is not really an option. I suspect this will be an ongoing battle - somewhat like the mollusc wars, but this one must be won since tiny trees from seed are my most practical option.