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Can someone tell me about clumping bamboo

So right now we have the running bamboo(phyllostachys) in several areas in our yard and now I'm starting to become interested in the clumping type. I've heard that they are much less invasive than the running one. I also did some research but the sources state so many different things which made me confused. So I want to ask:

1) Is the clumping bamboo invasive at all? Do I have to install a plastic barrier like I did with my phyllostachys? I want the bamboo in to fill up a privacy screen hedge so I don't have to see my neighbors dirty yard. So the bamboo will be pretty close to my neighbor's property.

2) The hedge I want to fill in is approximately 25 feet wide. How many bamboo pots I buy from the nursery will do the job there?

3) How fast does it generally grow upwards? Is it fast growing like the phyllostachys? I want the privacy hedge filled in quickly.

4) It is deer resistant?

5) Is it evergreen in my zone 7a?

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